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Unified Serial RAID Controllers for PCI Express*
Friday 10 August 2007 – 02:45 in Hardware
Professional and semi-professional RAID controllers have changed considerably since the serialization of SCSI commenced. The parallel SCSI standards shared their total bandwidth of up to 320 MB/s across all devices and required daisy-chaining devices us
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Serial ATA Is Here: Seagate Barracuda ATA V and Five of the Latest Controllers Reviewed*
Tuesday 4 February 2003 – 06:00
It has been a long time coming, but the first hard disk with Serial ATA interface has finally reached our testing labs. Seagate's 120 GB Barracuda ATA V heralds the beginning of a new interface era. To discover what this new drive can do, we also assembled five of the latest host adapters from Promise, HighPoint and 3Ware, and put them through their paces. -
Serial ATA Controller Untamed: The Silicon Image 3112*
Friday 7 March 2003 – 06:00
The Serial ATA controllers available till now have generally been bridged solutions based on parallel ATA chips. The 3112 from Silicon Image breaks the mold by making better use of Serial ATA's features. Moreover, it is already widely available. -
Serial ATA in Mini Format: 2.5" Disk Drive from Fujitsu*
Friday 6 December 2002 – 06:00
Although the rollout of Serial ATA seems to be dragging its proverbial feet, Fujitsu is pressing ahead: their current line of 2.5" disk drives is available as a Serial ATA version. What practical benefits does the new interface have to offer? -
Maxtor Goes Serial ATA: The DiamondMax Plus 9 Gets Put to the Test*
Friday 14 March 2003 – 06:00
Maxtor is supplying its first hard drives with a Serial ATA interface now. However, the DiamondMax Plus 9 was primarily designed for UltraATA/ 133, meaning that a converter chip is required to build the bridge to the new interface. This does not, however, have an adverse effect on performance. -
Confessions of a Serial HTPC Builder - Part 3*
Wednesday 17 May 2006 – 12:26
Michael Baggaley applies hard lessons learned during his past attempts to build the ultimate home theatre PC. The issue, he says, is to find the right balance between noise, power and style and how much money you are willing to spend.
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Serial spammer sent to the slammer*
Friday 1 June 2007 – 01:46
A 27-year-old man was arrested by federal authorities yesterday, after they allegedly discovered that he was solely responsible for several million junk e-mails. ...
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Confessions of a Serial HTPC Builder Part 2*
Thursday 6 April 2006 – 03:35
Part 2 of Michael Baggaley's series explores whether smaller is better when it comes to building Home Theatre PCs. Opting for an MSI Mega180 small form factor PC and an ATI 9600 passively-cooled graphics card this time around offered a quieter and more-stylish HTPC build - albeit with some unpleasant surprises.
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Confessions of a Serial HTPC Builder Part 1*
Tuesday 28 March 2006 – 10:42
In the first part of this series, we offer a detailed look at what went into the making of our resident HTPC builder's latest masterwork. Part 1 examines a water-cooled oldie, which was low on decibels but too modded out for the average non-geek's interior decorating tastes in the living room.
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Hitachi's 7K400 Hard Drive Capacity Reaches 400 GB, Maxtor's MaXLine III Advances Serial ATA*
Friday 20 August 2004 – 07:00
Hard drive maker big guns are slowly but surely boosting capacity and adding new features. THG looks at Hitachi's latest drive, which now boasts 400 GB capacity, and Maxtor's newest, which offers native Serial ATA with command queuing features. -
Adaptec's Series 5 Unified Serial Controllers Dissected*
Tuesday 8 April 2008 – 05:30 in Hardware
RAID controllers are of little interest to enthusiast users, but the entire IT industry relies on them. The new Adaptec RAID cards target all sorts of business storage solutions in the areas of DAS, NAS and SAN.
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Back To The Future: Serial ATA Arrives At Last*
Monday 12 August 2002 – 07:00
It will all be worth it in the end. With 150 MByte/s, simpler cabling and guaranteed compatibility with earlier parallel ATA standards, Serial ATA looks set to become the dominant interface for hard disks. There are many claims being made for this new standard - but are they justified? Here, THG puts a spotlight on the technology and checks out the first products.
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