Before I get into features, let me address the SATA II/SATA 3G/SATA-IO naming issue. SATA II was originally the name of the committee that was formed to extend the original SATA 1.x specifications to ...

If you're getting into the storage game, even on a locally-attached basis, there are a number of options from which to pick when it comes to the way that you will connect your storage. In this article ...

You don't need NVMe for everything: Why 'obsolete' SATA drives are still worth it ...

I installed the WD SSD Dashboard to check the health of my WD NVMe drive. This program also gives stats about WD HDD drives and I noticed that it mentions one of the HDD drives (a Black 1TB SATA III - ...

That’s not always the case, as there are some newer standards available for high-speed drives. But alongside PCIe and NVMe, SATA is still a significant player, especially when it comes to larger-sized ...

SSD prices are out of control: Why your 'obsolete' SATA drive is a goldmine ...

SATA-IO, the industry group behind the Serial ATA standard, has formally released the SATA 3.2 specification with the promise of boosting transfer rates as high as 16Gb/s in future devices. The latest ...

It’s probably been a while since you’ve dealt with your computer’s motherboard. You don’t have to, as long as you simply sit at your PC or notebook and carry out everyday tasks. However, if you want ...

The growth of the PCI Express (PCIe) interface in compute markets is continuing at a brisk rate, with several analysts forecasting 10% to 40% growth in 2013. The big news is that PCIe solid-state ...

In other words, if I already have a system with all six SATA ports taken up (1 SSD boot drive, 1 DVD-RW, and 4 HDDs), would I have to sacrifice any of those devices if I connected an NVMe to my M.2 ...

The Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO), the industry consortium dedicated to sustaining the quality, integrity and dissemination of Serial ATA (SATA) technology, today announced the ...