Why doesn't Intel motherboards have more SATA 6Gb/s ports?

[drthrd]

Been looking around and AMD motherboards have more SATA 6Gb/s ports. Why and when is Intel motherboards going to support more SATA 6Gb/s ports? Something else too, USB 3.0. Neither have many USB 3.0 ports.

 

[jsanthara]

Looking at the specifications on the upcoming LGA 2011 motherboards, its seems that 10 SATA III (6Gb/s) ports could be the standard for the X79 chipset.

http://whatswithjeff.com/intel-sandy-bridge-e-x79-lga2011/

As for USB 3.0 I'm with you, I thought that it would have been rolled out quicker then this. I'm a little surprised that the X79 will not have native 3.0 support.

 

[drthrd]

I fount this https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/LGA_2011

Maximum USB Ports (USB 3.0) 14 (4)
Maximum SATA Ports (SATA 3.0) 14 (6)

 

[blazorthon]

But AMD already has those. Intel should have thrown them more heavily into the market with z68 at the latest.