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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

HighPoint has been around for many years and if you have been tinkering around with PCs for more than a few years you are already familiar with the company. HighPoint was one of the very first RAID ...

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 ...

Essentially, the Standard SATA AHCI Controller driver, just like every other device driver, is also important since the hard disk is connected to your computer through this driver. The SATA AHCI ...

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 ...

If you read the long story of my issues here: A little over half a year ago my old Athlon 64 PC apparently had a HDD controller go bad. As luck would have it, I switched over to a secondary RAID ...