Serial ATA

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Serial ATA (SATA) is a computer bus interface standard used primarily to connect storage devices like hard drives and solid-state drives to a motherboard using high-speed serial communication.


Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf computer bus interface standard
serial communication interface
storage interface
abbreviation SATA
alsoKnownAs Serial ATA I
backwardCompatibleWith older SATA revisions
cableLengthLimit 1 meter
cableType narrow serial cable
communicationType high-speed serial
dataEncoding 8b/10b encoding
developedBy SATA-IO
Serial ATA International Organization
doesNotSupport master-slave device configuration
firstStandardPublished 2003
fullName Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
maximumDataRate 1.5 Gbit/s
3.0 Gbit/s
6.0 Gbit/s
physicalConnector 15-pin power connector
7-pin data connector
powerConnector 12 V supply line
3.3 V supply line
5 V supply line
relatedStandard SATA Express
U.2
eSATA
mSATA
replacedBy NVMe in many high-performance applications
replaces Parallel ATA
standardizedBy ANSI
INCITS
supports AHCI
hot swapping
native command queuing
supportsTopology point-to-point
transportLayerProtocol FIS-based protocol
usedFor connecting hard disk drives
connecting optical drives
connecting solid-state drives
connecting storage devices to a computer motherboard
usedIn consumer storage devices
desktop computers
laptop computers
servers
version SATA 1.0
SATA 2.0
SATA 3.0
SATA 3.1
SATA 3.2
SATA 3.3
SATA 3.4

Referenced by (20)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Serial ATA ("SATA 1.0")
Serial ATA ("SATA 3.1")
Serial ATA ("SATA 3.3")
version
Serial ATA ("eSATA")
Serial ATA ("mSATA")
relatedStandard
ATA ("SATA")
EIDE
replacedBy
Serial ATA ("SATA")
abbreviation
SAS ("SATA")
backwardCompatibleWith
Serial ATA ("Serial ATA International Organization")
developedBy
Serial ATA ("Serial Advanced Technology Attachment")
fullName
HGST ("SATA")
offersInterfaceTechnology
AmigaOne computers ("SATA")
storageInterface
ATA
successor
Parallel ATA
supersededBy
Solaris ("SATA")
supports
G-DRIVE ("eSATA")
supportsInterface
HP ProLiant ("SATA")
supportsStorageType
SAS-1 ("SATA Tunneling Protocol (STP)")
transportProtocol
Serial Attached SCSI
usesPhysicalLayerSimilarTo

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