Wow, my first post. Where to start, SO many questions.<br><br>Let's begin with my IT hopes and dreams:<br><br>I am an (amateur) hardware geek and have been trying to work out the "best" setup for me ...

Port Multipliers can combine up to 5 SATA hard drives into one eSATA connection. The 5 drives can be set up as individual drives, as RAID set or with JBOD to become one large hard drive depending on ...

I had the opportunity to experiment with a bunch of LSI1068E based SAS controllers. As everyone knows, a SAS controller is also fully capable of handling SATA disks. And you get a much better cable ...

For system builders, this situation presents a great opportunity to distinguish themselves from Tier One system vendors. While they are still pushing systems with essentially obsolete disk technology, ...

Seagate announced on Monday the "world's first" 2TB hard drive with full support for the third-generation SATA interface and moving data at 6Gbps, double the rate of previous controllers. The 3.5-inch ...

StarTech.com releases two new SATA 6Gbps RAID controller cards featuring Marvell chipset with HyperDuo embedded technology, enabling the performance of Solid State Drives at standard HDD capacity ...

Marvell Semiconductor has delivered a number of SATA solutions, but its 89SE9130 (see the figure) takes a new approach by mixing a solid-state drive (SSD) with a hard-disk drive (HDD). The chip is a ...

Over the weekend, we got a number of reports that Apple has downgraded the SATA controller in the latest MacBook Pro 13-inch and 15-inch update, capping potential drive speeds. Going over the evidence ...