SATA hard drives are available in both 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch sizes, whereas SATA SSDs are typically limited to the 2.5-inch form factor.

SATA History First-generation Serial ATA (SATA) began to ship in mid-2002 with support for data transfer rates of up to 150 MB/s (1.5Gb/s).

How to Use SATA on an Asus Motherboard. The Serial ATA standard for connecting computer devices has largely replaced older standards, such as IDE. SATA offers several advantages over IDE, such as ...

One of the more promising storage technology solutions to develop is Serial ATA, or SATA. Before we can fully appreciate the benefits behind the SATA standard, it makes sense to look back on the ...

On Jan. 20, the SCSI Trade Association (STA) and the Serial ATA (SATA) II Working Group announced a partnership to enable SAS system-level compatibility with SATA hard disk drives.

The late-2011 MacBook Pro supports SATA III—but Apple included only a SATA II hard drive (HDD), which may have been for cost reasons, but also should have been a clue.

One important characteristic of SATA is rarely mentioned: built-in compatibility with parallel ATA. Using an inexpensive adapter, you can connect an old ATA disk drive, or any other parallel ATA ...

Which normally wouldnt be a hard choice for me however with the new release of Serial ATA Mobos and HDs it got me thinking. should i stick with my current ATA133 or should i upgrade to a SATA mobo ...

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Diskology has released a serial ATA (SATA) adapter that allows you to attach an SATA drive to a 40-pin parallel ATA connector, such as the one found on the company’s Disk Jockey, a portable ...

A new revision of the Serial ATA interface specification has been published, paving the way for thinner and lighter notebooks and netbooks. The Serial ATA (Sata) Revision 3.0 specification was ...

Instead, Intel is opting to exclusively push the more modern Serial ATA (SATA) interface. Written by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Senior Contributing Editor June 6, 2006, 5:12 a.m. PT ...