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Sata-III is slow now? I remember when IDE was the sh*t.
Speedy 8Gbit, 16Gbit SATA Express systems coming this year - PCWorld
Solid states can now become much faster!The Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) Thursday announced that the ratification process has started for SATA Express, which standardizes PCI Express (PCIe) as an interface for client storage.
The SATA Express starndard utilizes a new connector defined by SATA-IO to enable a device with a PCIe interface to be in a hard disk drive form-factor. “So while such a PCIe device operates with PCIe protocol and signaling, the host would need a SATA Express host connector to connect to the PCIe device,” said Paul Wassenberg, SATA-IO Marketing Workgroup Chair.
PCIe technology enables interface speeds of up to 1GB/s per client lane, versus today’s SATA technology speeds of up to 0.6GB/s.
The SATA Express specification will enable development of new devices that can utilize the PCIe interface and maintain compatibility with existing SATA applications. The technology, SATA-IO claims, will provide a cost-effective means to increase device interface speeds to 8Gb/s and 16Gb/s.
Don't care much for record breaking sequential speeds. I want 500 MB/s 4k blocks transfer rate.
Can't wait till some Benches are released
I want to get that WOW face when it shows double the speed of a SSD