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Seagate, APT and Vitesse Unveil the First Serial ATA Disc Drive at Intel Developer Forum
PR Newswire - August 22, 2000 13:17
APT, Intel, Seagate and Vitesse Combine Efforts to Demonstrate Platform Viability
INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM CONFERENCE, SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Seagate Technology (NYSE: SEG), APT Technologies, Inc. and Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: VTSS) today unveiled the first Serial ATA disc drive, giving a glimpse into the future of ATA disc drive technology. The drive is natively attached to an Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 processor system through an APT Serial ATA PCI Host Bus Adapter, featuring a 1.5 Gbps transfer rate. The prototype demonstration combines technologies from Seagate, APT, Intel Corporation and Vitesse. It features a Seagate disc drive with its Serial ATA board, using APT's Serial ATA Link and Transport layers logic and Vitesse's 1.5 Gbs CMOS transceiver, attached via Serial ATA to APT's Serial ATA to PCI host bus adapter.
This new technology will allow for platform cost reductions and performance improvements while supporting a seamless transition from Parallel ATA technology. Serial ATA will supply storage interface headroom for many generations to come, beginning with 1.5 Gbps, scalable to 2x, 4x and beyond.
"Seagate is proud to demonstrate at this early stage that Serial ATA technology will soon be ready for implementation, and that the industry's technology leaders are working together to make it happen," said Tom Porter, Seagate executive vice president and chief technical officer. "There are many hardware and software engineers who attend the Forum to set their blueprint plans for the coming year and we're happy to provide them the first glimpse into the Serial ATA future."
"Vitesse is pleased to demonstrate Serial ATA Physical Layer solutions with early adopters of this exciting new technology," said Bob Rumer, vice president of the SAN Products Group at Vitesse Semiconductor. "By combining expertise from APT Technologies, Intel, Seagate and Vitesse we will be able to provide the industry's first complete Serial ATA IC solutions."
"Intel is thrilled to see this technology being deployed. This offers the industry a transition path for ATA in the near future. This prototype demonstrates that the industry continues to progress in delivering Serial ATA solutions. Serial ATA is becoming a reality," said Jeff Ravencraft, strategic marketing manager at Intel Architecture Labs (IAL) and Serial ATA Working Group chairman.
"The development of this prototype is key to illustrating that the industry is on track to deliver Serial ATA. We have also demonstrated widespread O/S compatibility running the setup under Windows* 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Red Hat Linux* and Solaris* 8 with both ATA and ATAPI devices," said Jim Rubino, president and CEO of APT Technologies. "Our ability to demonstrate the viability of technology is another step toward ensuring a smooth transition from parallel ATA/100 to Serial ATA."
Seagate, APT, Intel and Vitesse are among the members of the Serial ATA Working Group developing the Serial ATA storage interface specification for the next-generation computing platform. This interface is used to connect storage devices, such as hard discs, DVDs and CD-R/Ws, to the motherboard and is the replacement for today's Parallel ATA physical storage interface. Serial ATA is compatible with existing ATA software drivers and will run standard operating systems without modification.
The Intel Developer Forum Conference, running August 22-24, 2000 at the San Jose Convention Center, is where developers of hardware and software find out what they must know to optimize applications and to ensure their solutions remain compatible with the latest developments. A special session on Wednesday, August 23 will review in detail how Serial ATA technology works and will feature a demonstration of Serial ATA running standard unmodified operating systems.
Seagate is the leading storage partner for the PC, consumer electronics and enterprise storage industries with the number one market share in sales of ATA, SCSI and Fibre Channel disc drives.
Seagate is a leading provider of the Internet Infrastructure enabling people to store, access, and manage information. The Company is committed to providing best-in-class products to help people get information when, where and how they want it. Seagate is the world's largest manufacturer of disc drives, magnetic discs and read-write heads, an innovator in tape drives, Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions and a leading developer of Business Intelligence software. Seagate can be found around the globe and at seagate.com . For automated news, stock and financial information by phone, dial toll-free 877-SEG-NYSE. Outside the U.S. and Canada, dial 760-704-4368.
APT Technologies is a driving force behind Serial ATA and other advanced peripherals technologies. They are also a leading supplier of mass storage IP and Serial ATA products. Established in Santa Cruz, California in 1996, APT is a design house that specializes in system level design, hardware and software development and strategic marketing for the mass storage industry. The company is involved in product development, contract engineering, product planning and strategic marketing. APT Technologies, Inc. is a privately held corporation. Learn more about APT on the web at: apt-tech.com or by phone: 831 429-7260.
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (VTSS) is the leading designer and supplier of innovative, high performance semiconductors utilizing state-of-the-art processes -- for the communications equipment manufacturers of next generation DWDM and optical networking, as well as storage area networking ICs and enclosure management products that monitor and communicate critical reliability and availability information. The Company's products address the needs of Core, Access, Optical and Enterprise network equipment manufacturers who demand a combination of high speed, high complexity and low power dissipation. Vitesse is headquartered in Camarillo, California, and manufactures volume ICs at its two fabrication facilities in Camarillo and Colorado Springs. Company/product information can be found on the web at www.vitesse.com.
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SOURCE Seagate Technology, Inc.
/CONTACT: John Paulsen of Seagate 831-439-2499, or
john_paulsen@seagate.com; or Jeffrey Cherin of APT Technologies, Inc.,
831-429-7271, or jeff@apt-tech.com; or Patricia Ito of Vitesse Semiconductor,
805-388-3700, or ito@vitesse.com/
/Web site: vitesse.com
/Web site: apt-tech.com
/Web site: seagate.com
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