Alakazam
06-01-2002, 03:19 PM
The earliest Serial ATA "format" will be "Ultra SATA/1500" having a max of 1500Gbits/s (~ 187.5MB/s). In the future, it might speed up to 6000Gbits/s.
Currently, 3ware has a card, the Escalade 7C80 which allows a conventional HD to be converted and plugged into the Serial ATA port. Below is a photo of the converter that converts ATA interface to Serial ATA.
http://www.ocworkbench.com/archives/jun2002/serialata2.jpg
Photo courtesy of ascii24.com
Looks like it is a matter of time board manufacturers will incorporate all these on board.
Courtesy of ocworkbench (http://www.ocworkbench.com/index.stm)
Currently, 3ware has a card, the Escalade 7C80 which allows a conventional HD to be converted and plugged into the Serial ATA port. Below is a photo of the converter that converts ATA interface to Serial ATA.
http://www.ocworkbench.com/archives/jun2002/serialata2.jpg
Photo courtesy of ascii24.com
Looks like it is a matter of time board manufacturers will incorporate all these on board.
Courtesy of ocworkbench (http://www.ocworkbench.com/index.stm)