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$ $ But I have a more technical question... Will it be possible for the $ SATA serial interface to keep up with future data transfer rates? The expectation is that SATA will keep up for 10-15 years. Discussions center around upgrades to 3Gbps (300MBps) and 6Gbps (600MBps). We $ all know how well serial interfaces scale up to faster data rates - $ we have some wonderful examples: USB/USB-2, 1394, and others. These $ examples show that they don't scale up - the serial interface either $ is redesigned to go faster (USB/USB-2) or it just doesn't work $ (1394). What happens when ATA/ATAPI/SATA devices need data transfer $ rates of 1000MByte/second? That translates to a serial interface data $ rate of about 10Gbit. How compatible will such devices be with $ current SATA implementations. More important, will today's SATA $ device be able to work on the future faster SATA interface? Future SATA is intended to be backwards compatible with SATA I. $ $ OK, of course I'm trying to stir up trouble. Yea, PATA will never go $ any faster than the current 100Mbyte rate - PATA is dead. Yea, today $ SATA can probably go a little faster than that. But is SATA just $ another "dead end" serial interface thing designed by a secret $ society only to promote the greedy needs of a few companies? When $ will the next secret society that will define the SATA replacement $ get started? But Hale, greed is good. Haven't you heard? Capitalism and free enterprise has triumphed! :-) Is everything always going to work perfectly. Nope. That's why we have consultants. $
