The Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) has announced that SATA Express has begun the ratification process. Firstly, if you didn't know about SATA Express, it's the specification that will ...

A hardware interface for SATA drives using two lanes of PCI Express (PCIe) in order to increase the transfer rate over regular SATA. Motherboards came out in 2014, but few drives materialized. The ...

Computex 2014: WD demonstrated their newest drive utilizing a new interconnect today at Computex. The new drive is built upon the same philosophy as the WB Black2 (reviewed here by Tyler Bernath) but ...

On Thursday, the SATA-IO group paved the way for SATA Express, putting PCI Express speeds over a SATA interface for the next generation of ultrafast solid-state discs, or SSDs. Specifically, the ...

I don't understand how SATA Express works exactly. This motherboard says "6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports* (2 ports reserved for SATA Express port)". I'm pretty sure, based on what I've read online, that I can ...

ASUS today announced that research and development work supported by Intel has led to the discovery of a BIOS structure that unleashes the true full potential of the latest SATA Express interface ...

Gigabyte's Micro-ATX X99 board packs a lot of features in a small space and, with a few modest caveats, makes a good starting point for a compact, dual-card gaming system. Impressive feature set for a ...

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 ...

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 ...

form-factors, and optimizations for solid state hybrid drives (SSHDs). "SATA technology continues to evolve to accommodate ever-changing storage industry requirements," said Mladen Luksic, SATA-IO ...

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The Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) has announced the development (PDF) of a new standard that combines SATA software infrastructure with the PCI Express interface. Colloquially dubbed ...