July 26, 2007 at 02:37 a.m.Seagate discontinues production of IDE drives
Seagate intends to discontinue the production of IDE drives by the end of this year, after which all efforts will be made to produce products using the SATA connection interface. Seagate is the first large company to take such a step, since all other manufacturers, although inclined towards SATA, continue to produce products with a PATA interface. According to an ITNews report , in January, SATA accounted for two-thirds of desktop hard drives sold and 44% of laptop hard drives.
Not only did SATA catch up with PATA and became the preferred interface for connecting the hard drive, it also became the main interface for connecting the main hard drive: now most OEM suppliers supply computers with SATA drives.
However, this does not mean the end of the 21-year era of the PATA standard and the disappearance of its support: firstly, a third of all hard drives are still with PATA-interface, and secondly, there are still a decent number of CD / DVD drives “Hang” on PATA, which means that manufacturers of motherboards in the foreseeable future will not refuse at least one PATA connector.
Not only did SATA catch up with PATA and became the preferred interface for connecting the hard drive, it also became the main interface for connecting the main hard drive: now most OEM suppliers supply computers with SATA drives.
However, this does not mean the end of the 21-year era of the PATA standard and the disappearance of its support: firstly, a third of all hard drives are still with PATA-interface, and secondly, there are still a decent number of CD / DVD drives “Hang” on PATA, which means that manufacturers of motherboards in the foreseeable future will not refuse at least one PATA connector.