Stands for "Serial Advanced Technology Attachment," or "Serial ATA." It is an ...
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: a new standard for connecting hard drives into computer systems. An evolution of the Parallel ATA physical storage interface, SATA is based on serial signalling technology, a single cable with a minimum of four wires creating a point-to-point connection between devices. The first implementation of SATA supported a transfer rate of 150 MBps.
a protocol that allows Hard Drives to be access faster than ever before
a relatively new standard worked up by major hard disk companies like seagate, western digital, and intel
Serial ATA: Bus standard for creating a point-to-point connection with data transfer rates starting at 150MBps.
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment. A standard interface between the system board and storage devices.
New connection standard intended to replace IDE
SATA is a new standard for connecting hard drives into computer systems. As its name implies, SATA is based on serial signaling technology, unlike current IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) hard drives that use parallel signaling. SATA has several practical advantages over the parallel signaling (also called Parallel ATA or PATA) that has been used in hard drives since the 1980s. SATA cables are more flexible, thinner, and less massive than the ribbon cables required for conventional PATA hard drives. SATA cables can be considerably longer than PATA ribbon cables, allowing the designer more latitude in the physical layout of a system. Because there are fewer conductors (only 7 in SATA as compared with 40 in PATA), crosstalk and electromagnetic interference (EMI) are less likely to be troublesome. The signal voltage is much lower as well (250 mV for SATA as compared with 5 V for PATA).
Serial ATA is a serial link -- a single cable with a minimum of four wires that creates a point-to-point connection between devices. Transfer rates for Serial ATA begin at 150MBps. One of the main design advantages of Serial ATA is that the thinner serial cables facilitate more efficient airflow inside a form factor and also allow for smaller chassis designs. Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter.
"Serial ATA" is an evolutionary replacement for the Parallel ATA physical storage interface.
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment; a type of storage interface
Serial ATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SATA) is a new standard for connecting hard drives into computer systems. As its name implies, SATA is based on serial signalling technology, unlike current IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) hard drives that use parallel signalling. SATA has several practical advantages over the parallel signalling (also called Parallel ATA or PATA) that has been used in hard drives since the 1980s. SATA cables are more flexible, thinner, and less massive than the ribbon cables required for conventional PATA hard drives. SATA cables can be considerably longer than PATA ribbon cables, allowing the designer more latitude in the physical layout of a system. (www.whatis.com)
SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment. The evolutionary storage interface replacing IDE. SATA is capable of higher data rates than IDE.
Serial ATA (SATA) replaces Parallel ATA physical storage interface. Serial ATA is scalable and allows future enhancements to the computing platform. It uses smaller cables which are easier to route and offer less impediment to airflow than Parallel ATA cables. It is also possible to connect external drives to a PC using SATA cables and connectors. A lower voltage is used.
Cabling method that uses a smaller cable than a 80-pin PATA cable. Is more reliable and faster than PATA.
is a serial bus used in the transfere of data to and from a hard drive, it is faster than IDE so is commonly used by gamers. It stands for Serial AT Attachment.
Serial ATA. A descendant of Parallel ATA with a higher transfer rate. Parallel ATA maxes out at 133MBps; Serial ATA’s base speed is 150MBps, and can max out at 600MBps.