External Serial ATA

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External Serial ATA

• Jan. 26, 2005
• Sheila Wang
• Sales Marketing Dept.

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Market Trend

• Serial ATA is to replace ATA, used for desktop
  PCs, workstations, entry level server.
• Lifetime of Serial ATA 10 years (from 2002)
• Originally aimed at internal storage devices is
  now evolving to include external storage devices
• Strong growth of external/portable/mobile storage
  devices
• Speed roadmap 150MB/s gt 300MB/s gt600MB/s

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Conversion Rate of Desktop Disk Drive from ATA to
SATA
Source Silicon Image, External Serial ATA White
Paper, August 2004
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External vs. Internal SATA
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Key Benefits of eSATA

• Faster than the commonly used external storage
  interface (USB, 1394)
• Cost effective
• Prevent ESD damage
• Provide EMI protection

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External Interface Comparison
Source Silicon Image
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SATA, USB, Firewire
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Comparison of Interface Speeds Data Transfer
Rates
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Desktop Storage Interfaces
(external)

• Source Maxtor Serial ATA White Paper, Nov. 2000

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Amphenol eSATA
External Serial ATA II Board mount, normal
reverse type
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Serial ATA II for External Devices

• Anti-USB Feature AMTA sets the industry
  standard!!

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Applications for eSATA
Game console
Home Networks
PCMCIA Adapter Card for Notebook
Motherboards
External HD
CD copier, DVD copier
Set top box/PVR/DVR
PCs, Servers
Mobile CD-RW, DVD/CD-RW DVD-R/RW, ZIP drives
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Target Market for External Serial ATA

• External hard drives
• Motherboards
• Servers/PCs
• Mobile CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW/DVD-R, DVD-RW,
  DVDRW drives, copiers, zip drives
• Game console
• PVRs, DVRs, Set top boxes
• Home networks
• Interface cards