The IDE/ATA interface has long been the most popular storage media connection. As the digital world has migrated to serial interfaces, so goes the ATA interface rapidly being replaced by the higher speed Serial ATA (SATA). However, many legacy designs still call for ATA storage. At STEC, we are committed to providing new, evolving, and high-performance solid state drive designs based on the ATA interface.

INTERFACE	IDE (Parallel ATA) Serial ATA (SATA)	IDE (Parallel ATA) (UDMA 0-6)	True IDE ATA
APPLICATIONS	Enterprise Computing Communications/Networking Automotive Embedded/Industrial Military/Aerospace Medical Equipment Casino Gaming Professional Media	Automotive Ultra Mobile PCs	Communications/Networking Automotive Embedded/Industrial Military/Aerospace Medical Equipment Professional Media
TECHNOLOGY	SSD Performance Advanced Flash Management Total Drive Protection Flash Life Support Flash Memory Controller Power Down Recovery SSD Testing IC Tower® TSOP Stacking	Advanced Flash Management Total Drive Protection Flash Memory Controller Power Down Recovery	Advanced Flash Management Total Drive Protection Flash Life Support Flash Memory Controller Power Down Recovery
READ/WRITE PERFORMANCE (MB/S)	100/100	90/25	40/29
POWER CONSUMPTION SLEEP/IDLE MODE OPERATING MODE	500mW 2.1W	510mA (max) 210mA (typical)	2mA (max) 90mA (max)
CAPACITY	Up to 256GB	Up to 64GB	MACH1 — Up to 8GB (Type I) MACH2+ — Up to 16GB
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