SAN JOSE, Calif. — Intel Corp. is lobbying for a shift to serial ATA for storage systems, but some companies are placing their bets on a faster version of today's parallel ATA interface. The companies ...

In 2003, the storage industry has taken major steps in transitioning from a decades-old interface technology to one that will potentially revolutionize the way new hard disk drives (HDDs) are designed ...

When replacing the hard drive on your older notebook computer, you'll need to know whether the drive is a Serial ATA or Parallel ATA connection. If the notebook is only a few years old, it almost ...

Apple’s staff gets a little testy when challenged regarding the company’s reliance on parallel ATA (or just plain ATA) for its Xserve servers and Xserve RAID storage arrays. ATA is unquestionably long ...

Parallel ATA, or PATA, hard drives and Serial ATA, or SATA, drives have virtually the same physical characteristics and platter speeds. However, the Serial ATA bus supports much faster data throughput ...

Sonnet Technologies introduced on Thursday the Tempo Bridge, an adapter that enables users to install a 3.5-inch parallel ATA drive in a Power Mac G5, which is only compatible with Serial ATA drives.