Neowin News Feed for: Sata

TerraMaster D9-320 review: 9-bays of up to 198TB SATA 10Gbps storage

Steven Parker — Sun, 25 May 2025 17:30:01 +0000

TerraMaster has added to its external backup portfolio and is bringing out another true disk enclosure, called the D9-320, and we take it for a spin. Read more...

Amazon Deal: Crucial MX500 Internal SSD selling at its lowest price today

Fiza Ali — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 15:48:01 +0000

The 1TB Crucial MX500 NAND SATA Internal SSD is selling at its lowest price on Amazon today so, grab it while you can. Or, check out other SSD deals from Samsung, Seagate, and Western Digital. Read more...

Amazon Deal: Western Digital Blue 1TB and 2TB SSDs are selling at huge discounts today

Fiza Ali — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 20:28:01 +0000

Today, you can get the 1TB (SA510) and 2TB (SN570) Western Digital Blue SSDs, which are selling at 52% and 60% discount, respectively, from Amazon. Or, checkout other SSD deals from Silicon Power. Read more...

Microsoft: Windows 11 also haunted by this SATA BIOS bug just like Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10

Sayan Sen — Fri, 19 May 2023 21:36:01 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed that a rather ancient firmware-related SATA disk drive bug, that affected Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8 and Windows 7, will haunt computers running Windows 11 too. Read more...

Seagate Exos X18 16TB and X20 20TB HDDs available with 61% and 58% discount on Newegg today

Fiza Ali — Thu, 18 May 2023 18:50:01 +0000

Today, you can get the 16TB Seagate Exos X18 Enterprise and 20TB X20 Exos HDDs at 61% and 58% off, respectively. Or, check out other HDD deals on WD Red Pro, IronWolf, and BarraCuda. Read more...

Amazon is offering up to 58% discount on 1TB, 2TB Western Digital Blue SSDs today

Fiza Ali — Wed, 03 May 2023 15:00:02 +0000

Today, you can get the 1TB SATA, and 2TB NVMe Western Digital Blue internal solid-state drives at up to 58% discount on Amazon. Or, Check out other SSD deals from SanDisk, Samsung, and Crucial. Read more...

Amazon Deal: Crucial MX500, P5 Plus, and X6 1TB, 2TB SSDs selling for up to 50% off

Fiza Ali — Wed, 03 May 2023 10:02:01 +0000

Amazon is offering 45%, 48%, and 50% off on Crucial X6, MX500, and P5 Plus SSDs. Get your hands on your favourite variant today. Or, check out other SSD deals on SanDisk, Samsung, and Western Digital. Read more...

Amazon Deal: the 16TB WD Red Pro CMR NAS HDD available at 56% off today

Fiza Ali — Mon, 01 May 2023 17:30:01 +0000

The CMR-based Western Digital Red Pro NAS 16TB internal hard drives are currently on sale, offering a huge discount of 56%. Alternatively, you can also check out the Seagate IronWolf NAS HDD deals. Read more...

Amazon is offering 52% discount on the 2TB Samsung 870 QVO SATA III SSD today

Fiza Ali — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 11:24:01 +0000

Today, you can get 2TB Samsung 870 QVO SATA III 2.5” internal solid-state hard drive at 52% off its original MSRP. Alternatively, you can check other SSD and HDD deals from Seagate, WD, and Crucial. Read more...

Newegg is offering the 20TB Seagate Exos X20 CMR-based HDD at 57% off

Fiza Ali — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 03:00:01 +0000

Today, you can get the 20TB Seagate Exos X20 HDD for only $299.99 and save $400. Alternatively, you can check out other HDD options from Seagate and Western Digital also available at discounted rates. Read more...

Seagate 16TB, 18TB Exos X18 Enterprise HDDs available at massive discounts today

Fiza Ali — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:20:01 +0000

The 16TB and 18TB Seagate Exos X18 Enterprise HDDs are selling at discounted rates on Newegg. You can also get an additional discount on the 18TB variation by using a promo code. It's a limited offer. Read more...

The 20TB Seagate Exos X20 HDD now available at its lowest price

Fiza Ali — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 19:20:01 +0000

The 20TB Seagate Exos X20 HDD is selling at its lowest price on Newegg. The 16TB and 20TB CMR-based Western Digital Red Pro NAS internal hard drives are also currently on sale. Get these deals today! Read more...

Researchers warn about new "SATAn" that can hack air-gapped PCs using SATA cables

Sayan Sen — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:40:01 +0000

A new air-gap cyberattack technique has entered the frame. The researchers are referring to it as “SATAn” and it basically involves using ordinary SATA cables to transmit data wirelessly. Read more...

Samsung incorporates three key software innovations in its bleeding-edge industrial SSDs

Ather Fawaz — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 04:42:01 +0000

The innovations to the PCIe Gen4 SSDs include 'fail-in-place', 'SSD virtualization' and 'V-NAND machine learning', which will improve the hardware's reliability and offer greater control over it. Read more...

Samsung announces next generation of SSDs boasting bleeding-edge technology

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 06:56:01 +0000

The company announced mass production of its sixth-generation V-NAND SSDs with the industry's first 100+ layer single-tier design that boasts faster access speeds and efficient power usage. Read more...

Intel identifies major flaw in Sandy Bridge chipset; begins recall

Ryan Statzer — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:40:42 +0000

Intel has announced that it has identified a flaw in the design of Serial ATA ports on its newest 6 Series "Cougar Point" chipset, according to a press release. In some cases, this flaw causes... Read more...

Seagate release their first 2TB SATA 3.0 hard disk

Sam Alderwick — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:43:13 +0000

Seagate have introduced their first hard drive which supports the new SATA 3.0 specification. The Barracuda XT is the Seagate's first drive to use the new interface, which has a theoretical bandwidth of 6Gb/s -... Read more...

Seagate shows off 6Gbps SATA3 hard drive transfer speed

Sam Symons — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:53:36 +0000

Partnering up with AMD, on Monday Seagate announced the latest Serial ATA specification: SATA3. The new specification offers hard drive transfer speeds of up to 6Gbps, which is around 600MBps. This new specification was developed... Read more...

SSD in new Eee PC to support SATA interface

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:13:36 +0000

Asustek Computer is said to be bringing a true solid-state disk (SSD) drive to its Eee PC lineup as the company will use an SSD that supports a serial ATA interface and SLC NAND, according... Read more...

Western Digital launches world's fastest SATA disk

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:13:42 +0000

Overclockers and gamers, prepare to meet your next hard drive: the 300GB VelociRaptor from Western Digital. Said to be 35% faster than previous WD Raptors, the 10,000 RPM drive features a 3Gbps SATA interface, 16MB... Read more...

External SATA Devices To Drop Power Cables

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:32:07 +0000

The Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) has announced that it is working on a new specification that will provide power to external SATA (eSATA) devices without the need for a separate power connection. Called "Power... Read more...

CES2008: BiTMICRO readies 832GB 2.5" SATA SSD

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:11:22 +0000

At the CES 2008 show in Las Vegas, flash solid state disk pioneer BiTMICRO Networks announced its plan to launch an 832GB version of the E-Disk Altima SATA flash SSD in 2.5-inch form factor. The... Read more...

World's First 18x SATA LightScribe DVD Burner

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:18:25 +0000

With most PCs today shifting to Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drive interfaces, Samsung Electronics has announced the next breakthrough drive with the introduction of the new WriteMaster SH-S183L, the first 18x Serial ATA DVD... Read more...

Intel P965, Vista to boost adoption of SATA optical drives

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:06:07 +0000

Intel's P965 chipset and Microsoft's Vista operating system are expected to speed up adoption of SATA (serial advanced technology attachment) and displace ATAPI (ATA packet interface) as the mainstream interface standard for optical drives in... Read more...

Intel 'Smithfield' chipsets said to support SATA 2

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 11:32:25 +0000

Intel's next-generation Pentium 4 desktop chipsets, 'Glenwood' and 'Lakeport', will support Serial ATA 2, 667MHz DDR 2 and a 1066MHz frontside bus clock frequency, it has been claimed. Glenwood and Lakeport are the successors to... Read more...

Plextor Introduces 16X DVD±R/RW SATA Drive

Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:41:03 +0000

Thanks to Steven for the heads up. New DVD/CD Burner Supports Dual-Layer DVD+R Technology for Increased DVD Recordable Capacity to 8.5 GB Plextor® Corp., a leading developer and manufacturer... Read more...

New Group Established to Carry On SATA Spec Development

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 11 Sep 2004 08:32:51 +0000

Dedicated to sustaining the quality, integrity and dissemination of Serial ATA technology, 40 leading computer component and peripheral companies announced today the formation of the Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO). The new organization... Read more...

HDS Unveils SATA Option, Enables SATA/Fibre Channel

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:39:04 +0000

Hitachi Data Systems became the latest top-tier storage vendor to jump on the Serial ATA bandwagon with Monday's introduction of a SATA option for its midrange arrays. The company's SATA Intermix Option, available now, will... Read more...

Coming soon: External SATA hard drives

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 00:52:16 +0000

External hard drives offer easy and practical storage, but they aren't as speedy as the internal models - yet. Vendors working on a new technical specification say that the first fast, new models of external... Read more...

Western Digital Introduces 74GB "Raptor" SATA Drive w/CQ.

Thu, 18 Sep 2003 08:06:36 +0000

Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today announced that it is enhancing the throughput, performance and capacity of its popular enterprise-class Serial ATA (SATA) 10,000 RPM WD Raptor hard drives, offering enterprise customers an increasingly compelling... Read more...