I was just reading about the different types of cables used to connect components of computers. When it comes to serial ports and parallel ports, parallel ports are faster because they send several bits of data simultaneously. Therefore, it should follow that parallel ATA is faster than Serial ATA. However, that's not the case. Why is this?
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Jump to PostIts more extensible. Most of the wires in an old style ATA connector dont actually help transmit data, they are to stop interference (they actualy doubled the number of wires to 80 by adding more grounds). SATA however, has a higher cieling for this so just uses two pairs of …
Jump to Postyes.. Thanks for the gread info but I don't think you answered my original question.
Why is SATA faster? (Every bit has to be sent one behind the other)Because there is less electrical interference when you send things in serial fast in one direction at a time over a …
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Was searching for this reason since long. Found a thread. Nice reply !!
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