ATA-6

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ATA-6 is a version of the ATA (IDE) storage interface standard that introduced higher transfer modes such as Ultra DMA/100 for improved hard drive performance.

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ATA-6 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ATA standard
computer hardware interface specification
alsoKnownAs Parallel ATA
surface form: ATA/ATAPI-6

Ultra ATA/100 standard
backwardCompatibleWith ATA-4
ATA-5
earlier ATA versions
category storage interface standard
commandProtocol ATA/ATAPI command set
compatibleWith IDE controllers supporting Ultra DMA/100
dataBusWidth 16-bit
defines 48-bit LBA addressing
Ultra DMA mode 5
cable and connector requirements for ATA
electrical characteristics for ATA devices
timing requirements for ATA transfers
follows ATA-5
improves maximum ATA disk capacity limit
maximum ATA transfer rate
improvesUpon Parallel ATA
surface form: Ultra DMA/66
interfaceType Parallel ATA
surface form: parallel ATA
logicalChannelLimit 2 devices per channel
maximumAddressableCapacity >128 GiB
>137 GB
maximumBurstTransferRate 100 MB/s
maximumTransferMode Parallel ATA
surface form: Ultra DMA/100
partOf ATA
precedes ATA-7
purpose improve hard drive data transfer performance
relatedTo ATA-7
Parallel ATA
surface form: ATAPI

IDE
Parallel ATA
surface form: Ultra ATA
requires 80-conductor IDE cable for Ultra DMA/100
standardizes Ultra DMA timing modes up to mode 5
standardType parallel storage interface
supports 48-bit logical block addressing
ATAPI devices
PIO modes
Ultra DMA modes 0–5
hard disk drives
master-slave device configuration on a channel
multiword DMA modes
transportMedium ribbon cable
usedIn early 2000s personal computers
usedWith consumer hard drives
desktop PCs
laptop PCs

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