In computer hardware, Serial ATA (SATA) is a computer bus technology primarily designed for transfer of data to and from hard disks and optical drives. It was designed as a successor to the legacy Advanced Technology Attachment standard (ATA), and is expected to eventually replace the older technology (retroactively renamed Parallel ATA or PATA). Serial ATA adapters and devices communicate over a high-speed serial link. At the physical layer of the Serial ATA architecture, the data-connection is ...
Expanding its offering in the solid-state drive ( SSD ) market, Micron Technology Inc. has introduced a pair of products based on its 50nm NAND flash technology. The company is also developing SSD drives, based on its recently-announced, 34nm NAND ... ...