Ata/sata combined controller

A combined ATA and SATA controller is provided that comprises a control unit 300-330 for controlling data transfer to and/or from an ATA compliant parallel storage device (135, 140) and a control unit (335, 340) for controlling data transfer to and/or from an SATA compliant serial storage device (22...

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Main Authors FRANK BARTH, HENRY DRESCHER
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 20.10.2003
Edition7
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A combined ATA and SATA controller is provided that comprises a control unit 300-330 for controlling data transfer to and/or from an ATA compliant parallel storage device (135, 140) and a control unit (335, 340) for controlling data transfer to and/or from an SATA compliant serial storage device (220, 225). The controller can concurrently perform the data transfer to and/or from the parallel and serial devices. By reusing a significant amount of controller hardware, the combined controller can be realized in a cost effective manner.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20030217839