| − | The first Serial ATA type connection was released in late 2002. Serial ATA/150 offers a net transfer speed of 150 MB/s, as the name suggests. Later, Serial ATA/300 was released, which doubled the transfer speed. As with the previous, the speed is in the title--it has a net transfer speed of 300MB/s. Another small benefit is that Serial ATA cables are narrower that the older [[Parallel ATA]] ribbon cables. This means that SATA cables to not restrict air flow as much as its predecessor. | + | The first Serial ATA type connection was released in late 2002. Serial ATA/150 offers a net transfer speed of 150 MB/s, as the name suggests. Later, Serial ATA/300 was released, which doubled the transfer speed. As with the previous, the speed is in the title--it has a net transfer speed of 300MB/s. Another small benefit is that Serial ATA cables are narrower that the older [[Parallel ATA]] ribbon cables. This means that SATA cables to not restrict air flow as much as its predecessor.<ref>http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/silicon-image-brings-virtualization-esata,1610-2.html</ref> |