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hard disk

a data storage device in which data is stored on a magnetic disk embodied in a COMPUTER. Most hard disks can store large amounts of data, such as 20 megabytes of numbers or letters.

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has announced the worldwide availability of its SwiftData 200, a terabyte or more of internal SATA storage for the Macintosh G5 computer.

SwiftData 200 a terabyte or more of internal storage solution for Macintosh G5

The SATA Express specification provides SSD and hybrid drive manufacturers the advantages of performance and scalability enabled by PCIe 3.

SATA-IO to Enable Higher Speed Storage Applications with SATA Express Specification

oSSD provides a new way to leverage the speed, reliability, and low power requirements of SATA technology in these types of products to enable powerful new computing platforms.

SATA-IO Introduces New Standard for Embedded SSDs

Unlike cumbersome PATA ribbons of the past, SATA cables use only seven wires.

SATA opens its doors to tape

Maxtor's SATA drives are available in industry-leading capacity points--60GB to 250GB--to support a wide range of applications.

Maxtor, VIA increase serial ATA integration options for worldwide PC market validation of Maxtor's SATA hard drives with VIA's new VT8237 South Bridge brings highest capacity, performance and added data protection to mainstream and high-end PC market

Using USM developers can incorporate slots into televisions, game consoles, set-top boxes, computers, docking stations and other consumer electronic devices that will accept powered, cable-free storage modules with integrated powered SATA interfaces for expanding storage capacity.

SATA-IO Releases Revision 3.1 Specification

In order to determine where SATA is best suited in the data center we must analyze the applications, their role in the enterprise, and the data/information they produce.

Is SATA ready for the enterprise?

The SATA USM specification is the first standard specification to define slots to accept a complete, powered external storage device into consumer electronic devices.

SATA-IO Introduces Specification for Consumer Electronic Industry to Incorporate Portable Consumer Storage

SATA has several characteristics that make it an appropriate technology to build a compliance strategy around for HIPAA, other legal requirements currently in place, while responding to the normal pressures of business requirements on IT infrastructure.

HIPAA compliance using serial ATA

The SATA Interoperability Program was established to ensure compatibility and interoperability of the SATA Specification in product implementations.

TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies and Granite River Labs Test Solution Certified by SATA-IO

This Gen 2 PHY began to be called SATA II by the press in the market.

What is SATA II? How is it different from SATA "one"? Should I care if my system supports SATA II?

4 Interoperability Program is an important step forward for SATA industry as it transitions to 6Gbps," said John Calvin, SATA-IO Interoperability Chairman, "The SATA-IO consortium is please to see the UNH-IOL as the first approved test lab in the US to be certified for 6Gbps testing.