SATA Technology

(Serial Advanced Technology Attachment)

By
Zainab Aafia
Roll no. 04075047
 Objectives
• What is Sata?
• Why Sata was invented?
• Differences between Sata and Pata.
• Sata Basics.
• Benefits of Sata.
• What is eSata?
 What is Sata?

The serial ATA or SATA computer

bus, is a storage-interface for
connecting host bus adapters to mass
storage devices such as hard disk
drives and optical drives.
 Why was Sata designed?

The Serial ATA was designed to replace Parallel

ATA bus since it was
not able to meet the increased bandwidth and
performance demands of current and future
PC
Parallel ATA Vs. Serial ATA
• Parallel ATA uses a
40 pin ribbon cable
• Serial ATA uses a
7 pin connector and cable
 Topology
• Parallel ATA • Serial ATA
Operating System
Operating System
Application
1 Application
ATA 1
Standard Disk
Application Driver Adopter
2 Application Serial
2 Driver ATA
Adapter
Application Application
3 3 Disk

Disk Disk
 Serial ATA Features
• Low cost Implementation
• Point-to-point connectivity
• Cyclical Redundancy Checking (CRC) on
commands.
• Hot-plug/hot-swap support.
• Highly efficient cabling, connectors,
backplanes.
 SATA cable connector and port
• Cable connector • Port
The 7-pin SATA data cable and the 15-
pin power cable
Serial ATA Communications Layer
Model
4 Application •

3 Transport

2 Link

1 Physical
Topology
 Benefits of Serial ATA
• SATA is scalable and allows for enhancements to the
computing platform. These include easier integration,
faster performance, and more efficient design.
 History of serial ATA
Generation Standard Year Speed

Serial ATA ATA/ATAPI- 2002 150 MB/sec

7

Serial ATA II ATA/ATAPI- 2004 300 MB/sec

8

Serial ATA ATA/ATAPI- 2007 600 MB/sec

9
 eSata

• eSATA is an external interface technology that grew from the

internal Serial ATA interface. Serial ATA built upon the
original ATA interface that connected hard drives to
motherboards. eSATA delivers improved performance and
ease of use over the older ATA multi-pin interface.
 Applications of eSATA

Game console

home networks

Motherboards

CD copier, DVD copier

Set top Box PVR/DVR

PC’s , servers
 Conclusion
• SATA overcomes the limitations of parallel ATA by providing
thinner cabling, smaller connectors, lower voltage, and point-
to-point signaling. Like its parallel predecessor, SATA will
dominate the desktop market because it offers desktop
reliability, functionality, and performance at a low cost.

• The SATA technology roadmap provides scalable

performance and system design improvements that will benefit
end users and system vendors for years to come.