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mirror@image.com wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:12:11 -0700, "Taed Wynnell"
> <taedn@REMOVETHIS.vertical.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm looking for a higher-reliability drive, of which all of the 10,000 and
>>15,000 RPM drives seem to be. I know that many of those are now available
>>with SATA interfaces. But does any manufacturer make one with Parallel
>>ATA (PATA/EIDE/ATA-133/etc.) interfaces?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>
> Seems I recall the western digital 10k sata drive is really a PATA
> design with the usual converters. One reviewer thought they would
> eventually market a PATA version. Should even be cheaper, right ?
Seagate's apparently the only outfit that was willing to risk designing a
controller chip with an SATA interface in advance of shipping their first
SATA product--everybody else is still using PATA controllers with an SATA
bridge because it's all they can get at the moment.
Unlikely that there's going to be a PATA Raptor--it's aimed at the
"enterprise" market and there are "enterprise" features in SATA that are
not present in PATA. Eventually WD will likely produce their own
controller chip with an SATA interface and stop using the bridge chip.
> Still waiting though
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