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AMD, Seagate Demonstrate 6-Gbit/s SATA interface
Reported by Justin Chng on Tuesday, March 10 2009 12:28 am
Extremetech reports that AMD and Seagate will demonstrate a next-generation 6-Gbit/s SATA interface on Monday. Here are some of the interesting features that the new interface will bring.
Here are some of the interesting features that the new interface will bring
Offering twice as much bandwidth as the existing SATA interface, the 6.0-Gbit/s also contains improved streaming characteristics that 3.0-Gbit/s drives with Native Command Queuing lacked.
In addition, a new power management specifcation allows the always-on SATA interface to power on and off, like older Parallel ATA drives.
Seagate has also mentioned that the new 6-Gbit/s interface is needed for flash-based solid-state drives (SSDs) which stream data instantly from flash memory.
The target markets will be gaming PCs and servers.
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