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DEElekgolo
May 29th, 2009, 10:49 PM
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/27/2210226&from=rss


"The Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) has just released the new Serial ATA Revision 3.0 specification (http://techfragments.com/news/823/Hardware/SATA_3-0_Released_Paving_The_Way_To_6Gbsec_SATA_Devices.h tml). With the new 3.0 specification, the path has been paved to enable future devices to transfer up to 6Gb/sec as well as provide enhancements to support multimedia applications. Like other SATA specifications, the 3.0 specification is backward compatible with earlier SATA products and devices. This makes it easy for motherboard manufactures to go ahead and upgrade to the new specification without having to worry about its customers' legacy SATA devices. This should make adoption of the new specification fast, like previous adoptions of SATA 2.0 (or 3Gb/sec) technology."
Atty
May 29th, 2009, 11:01 PM
So they doubled their speed.

call me when it's *tb/s
n00b1n8R
May 29th, 2009, 11:09 PM
Oh awesome, we should have that in Australia some time around 2050 :iamafag:
Heathen
May 29th, 2009, 11:26 PM
dayum.

I get around 800-900 kB/s.
StankBacon
May 29th, 2009, 11:35 PM
dayum.

I get around 800-900 kB/s.

wat...
Heathen
May 29th, 2009, 11:40 PM
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/22/l_86381af4ea1b4cdab93b5e9a745d2862.jpg
Cojafoji
May 29th, 2009, 11:42 PM
wat...
unless dat be sum slow ass ide connections...
flibitijibibo
May 29th, 2009, 11:43 PM
lolutorrent

On topic, I'm glad I didn't build my new PC. I can wait for this and a cheap(er) SSD to hit the market, and I'll pretty much be set.
Dwood
May 29th, 2009, 11:49 PM
The spec as we have seen with most other transfer specs have little to do with real world device designs. Hardware interfaces (much less devices) languish in the "has to cost less than x per part" hell... But you bet your they'll put a SATA 3.0 up to 6GB per second label even though the actual device isn't designed to transfer more than a fifth (peak) of the spec. data rate.

'nuff said.
StankBacon
May 30th, 2009, 12:31 AM
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/22/l_86381af4ea1b4cdab93b5e9a745d2862.jpg


these are hard drive interface speeds...not intertubes speeds, the current sata spec is 3 gb/s i believe.
Warsaw
May 30th, 2009, 12:52 AM
Yeah, though a lot of "3gb/s" drives still only transfer at 1.5gb/s unless you mess with it.
StankBacon
May 30th, 2009, 12:55 AM
just gotta remove the tiny jumper.
=sw=warlord
May 30th, 2009, 11:14 AM
This makes me sad...
me and my got dane'd IDE connecting at 133 mbps....
Needles
May 30th, 2009, 09:18 PM
Makes my 500-800 kb/s look like shit...
Warsaw
May 31st, 2009, 12:31 AM
just gotta remove the tiny jumper.

You know, I looked on my Caviar Green, and I saw no jumper...=|
Bhamid
May 31st, 2009, 06:42 AM
Yeah, though a lot of "3gb/s" drives still only transfer at 1.5gb/s unless you mess with it.

By mess with it you mean get cables which can do 3Gb/s...
Cortexian
June 1st, 2009, 03:21 AM
You know, I looked on my Caviar Green, and I saw no jumper...=|
That's because it's Green, and Green is unacceptable. Black is the only way to go with WD, Blue is acceptable if the price is right.