A consortium of companies wants to build on the progress of the Serial ATA hard drive interface in PCs by creating a similar offering for consumer electronics devices. The companies, which include ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Barely six months after the first version of the Serial ATA hard-drive interface was announced--and before products based on it are available--work is under way on version 2. Fully ...

Serial ATA (SATA) is a natural evolution of the ATA specifications used in most hard drives today. SATA-based hard drives are software-compatible with ATA drives, meaning they work with the same ...

Addonics Technologies today announced a pair of Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive kits, which can transform any SATA drive into a hot-swappable, removable or external drive solution. The new Combo Hard ...

HP this week is unveiling new hybrid hard drives that combine Fibre Channel and ATA technologies. Dubbed Fibre Attached Technology Adapted, or FATA, the new drives are aimed at dropping the cost of ...

For embedded computing hackers, mass storage (like hard drives) is often the most frustrating piece of the puzzle, as the fragile and power-hungry spin of the hard drive is usually the last ...

Currently I have a Maxtor Ultra DMA hard drive 33 mode on my system. I plan to install a Seagate Ultra ATA hard drive 66 mode as a second drive and I was wondering (since I'm pretty clueless about ...

I am considering buying a Seagate Hard Drive, but I have absolutely no idea what is the difference between an ATA and IDE Drive, except for the price. Also, I can't decided weather to go for an AMD or ...

Maxtor, which makes hard disk drives and storage solutions, says its 40 GB per platter DiamondMax Plus D740X, a 7200-RPM desktop hard drive with Fast Drive Ultra ATA/133 technology, is now shipping in ...

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) has been the most successful peripheral interface in the history of PCs. USB 2.0 is poised to succeed the first generation and offers particular benefit to the mass ...