A) Do 2.5" laptop SSDs use "Mini SATA"? B) Is 2.5" SATA(as in, the SATA on a 2.5" drive), different dimension connector to 3.5" SATA(as in, SATA on a 3.5" drive)? C) Are all mSATA(micro SATA) and all ...

That’s not always the case, as there are some newer standards available for high-speed drives. But alongside PCIe and NVMe, SATA is still a significant player, especially when it comes to larger-sized ...

You’ve heard of SATA. It’s the technology used for the majority of today’s hard drives and people generally like it. But SATA wasn’t designed for tiny portables. That’s why the guys behind SATA are ...

RunCore is producing two mSATA SSDs these days, one a SATA II model and the one we are looking at today, a SATA III unit. The RunCore RCP-V-T50 uses a SandForce SF-2281 controller and pairs it with ...

More than a decade has passed since PATA (Parallel ATA) was made redundant by SATA. Originally designed to provide a maximum throughput of 16MB/s, PATA and was eventually upgraded to 133MB/s, which ...

Crucial's SSD products are in an odd position at this time. The m4 products launched during the first quarter of 2011, around 18 months ago. In SSD years, that's quite some time. To keep up with other ...

(Editor's Note: Min-Jie Chong, SATA technology expert at AgilentTechnologies, shares his perspective on the Serial ATA Revision 3.0 (SATA Gen 3)standard and explains why he thinks it will be adopted ...

Looking to upgrade the SSD in my system, and I have an mSATA slot on my motherboard that is currently unpopulated. High capacity mSATA SSDs aren't very easy to come by these days, at least ones from a ...

At CES earlier this year, one of the SSD vendors with a lot to show off was Plextor who had a number of new SSDs planned for early 2014. Among the SSDs they showed were the Plextor M6e, a M.2 form ...

Solid State Disk maker RunCore has launched a new line of high performance mSATA disks. The RunCore T50 is the first SATA III rated (6Gbps) mSATA disk available, and it’s aimed at high-end portable ...