Universal Serial Bus has been the de facto standard for sending information to and from computer peripherals for almost two decades, but despite the word “universal” in the name this wasn’t always the ...

Incorporating a SATA (serial ATA) interface with a 300-Mbps burst data-transfer rate, the Caviar SE16 hard drives also feature a 16-Mbyte cache. The hard drives have a 7200-rpm speed and a 250-Gbyte ...

Serial ATA (SATA) is a natural evolution of the ATA specifications used in most hard drives today. SATA-based hard drives are software-compatible with ATA drives, meaning they work with the same ...

The G-Drive Q is the Swiss army knife of external disks. The “Q” stands for quad—referring to the four different types of data connectors on the back of the drive. You’ll find two FireWire 800 ports ...

Analysts and storage vendors said one of the key benefits of the serial SCSI interface technology that’s due to start being built into disk drives this year is its compatibility with the Serial ...

Serial ATA is nice, but the advantage of smaller, more flexible cabling isn't advantageous if a parallel ATA cable is still needed for the optical drive. For a typical system with a one hard drive ...