Hardware Secrets posted everything you need to know about Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drive technology
Serial ATA - or simply SATA - is the hard disk standard created to replace the parallel ATA interface, a.k.a. IDE. SATA provides a transfer rate of 150 MB/s or 300 MB/s against of a 133 MB/s maximum using the previous technology. In this tutorial we will explain everything you need to know about Serial ATA.Everything You Need to Know About Serial ATA