Solve : Seagate says end is near for IDE hard drives?

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Answer» Hard drive manufacturer Seagate has reportedly briefed its distributors with news that the company will cease manufacturing IDE hard drives by the end of the year. Instead, “nearly all” of its top-end hard drives will be offered with SATA connectivity only. If reports are to be believed, Seagate’s announcement may prompt others to follow suit as SATA continues to drain PATA's market share. That’s not to SAY support for the parallel ATA standard is going to vanish overnight though, as nearly 34 percent of global hard drives sold still rely on PATA, according to a report published at Australian-based ITNews last January. Add in the PCI/PCIe-based expansion slot market, and it’s unlikely that PATA support is going anywhere any time soon—a fact which should REASSURE anyone who is afraid Seagate's SATA-only policy could leave us all with mountains of PATA drives and no way to access them. Western Digital, another major hard drive manufacturer, has also been slowly phasing out IDE from its enterprise and desktop lineup — mainly in high speed and high capacity hard drives. For instance, their newly announced Caviar GP lineup will be SATA-only. http://www.techspot.com/news/26309-seagate-says-end-is-near-for-ide-hard-drives.html Ok this is gonna sound so weird ....... and lame Is there a difference between sata and ata...... Tony Quote from: Richenstony on July 27, 2007, 08:23:13 AM Ok this is gonna sound so weird ....... and lame Is there a difference between sata and ata...... Tony here are the differences* (PATA vs. SATA) http://www.directron.com/patasata.htmlHuh. That seems a little premature if you ask me. There are plenty of computers, servers, DVR's, etc. still out there running EIDE/IDE/ATA hard disk drives and abandoning it by the end of the year seems a little drastic, not to mention a loss of sales. Although I'd imagine that they have a better PICTURE of how many IDE vs. SATA drives are being sold. I think something more realistic would be in the next five years, maybe ten. Good article Honvetops.

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Hard drive manufacturer Seagate has reportedly briefed its distributors with news that the company will cease manufacturing IDE hard drives by the end of the year. Instead, “nearly all” of its top-end hard drives will be offered with SATA connectivity only.

If reports are to be believed, Seagate’s announcement may prompt others to follow suit as SATA continues to drain PATA's market share. That’s not to SAY support for the parallel ATA standard is going to vanish overnight though, as nearly 34 percent of global hard drives sold still rely on PATA, according to a report published at Australian-based ITNews last January.

Add in the PCI/PCIe-based expansion slot market, and it’s unlikely that PATA support is going anywhere any time soon—a fact which should REASSURE anyone who is afraid Seagate's SATA-only policy could leave us all with mountains of PATA drives and no way to access them.
Western Digital, another major hard drive manufacturer, has also been slowly phasing out IDE from its enterprise and desktop lineup — mainly in high speed and high capacity hard drives. For instance, their newly announced Caviar GP lineup will be SATA-only.

http://www.techspot.com/news/26309-seagate-says-end-is-near-for-ide-hard-drives.html

Ok this is gonna sound so weird ....... and lame

Is there a difference between sata and ata......

Tony Quote from: Richenstony on July 27, 2007, 08:23:13 AM

Ok this is gonna sound so weird ....... and lame

Is there a difference between sata and ata......

Tony

here are the differences* (PATA vs. SATA)

http://www.directron.com/patasata.htmlHuh. That seems a little premature if you ask me. There are plenty of computers, servers, DVR's, etc. still out there running EIDE/IDE/ATA hard disk drives and abandoning it by the end of the year seems a little drastic, not to mention a loss of sales.

Although I'd imagine that they have a better PICTURE of how many IDE vs. SATA drives are being sold.

I think something more realistic would be in the next five years, maybe ten.

Good article Honvetops.

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