Is IDE (PATA) Dying?

[AVAFREAK182]

I have noticed lately 1 IDE port on motherboards.

And I have seen some without them.

Do you think PATA is going down? I do.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: AVAFREAK182
I have noticed lately 1 IDE port on motherboards.

And I have seen some without them.

Do you think PATA is going down? I do.

Seems like a silly question, yes the industry is clearly moving away from PATA and all is disadvantages. Thats been clear for the last few years.

 

[Lorne]

Yes, PATA has reached its limits persay.
Though the bus speed hasnt been maxed except via SSD or raid due to the limitation of spindle drive physics vs cost efficiancy vs outputwaste.
The physical limitations of its connector (going on 30yrs now) and such have been due for a change for sometime.

Who remembers RLL and MFM HD's?, Predisessor to IDE and SCSI.

SATA and SAS are the new, Just as the jump from ISA/EISA/VLB/PCI/ PCI-X (oops) to ePCI.


On this subject,,, I notice we still use/have that ancient floppy connector (something like 40yrs old now), Come on, Really!, Cant somone spend a moment and make a SATA floppy drive, Or change the onboard floppy connector to a SD/CF slot (For raid driver if needed).

 

[Lt 486]

PATA is not dying.
It is dead.

 

[Tweakin]

Originally posted by: Lt 486
PATA is not dying.
It is dead.

Thank God...I've been PATA free for some time...

 

[Nothinman]

PATA is not dying.
It is dead.

Just like BSD and the floppy and Win9X and oh wait...

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Lorne

Who remembers RLL and MFM HD's?, Predisessor to IDE and SCSI.

I do. Also ESDI. I have a few here used for some chart system we use. Full height 5.25" drives, 87MB (yes megabytes). One day I'm going to crack one open and see how big the magnets are. It must weigh ten pounds!

 

[Lorne]

Rubycon, No doubt, To big to even be a glorified doorstop.

 

[taltamir]

its dead, buried, and decomposed.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Didn't I just see another thread like this in the motherboard forum?

 

[taltamir]

oh and I almost forgot... GOOD RIDDANCE!

 

[Modelworks]

Its been around for 10 years + so its about time.

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: Lorne
Yes, PATA has reached its limits persay.
Though the bus speed hasnt been maxed except via SSD or raid due to the limitation of spindle drive physics vs cost efficiancy vs outputwaste.
The physical limitations of its connector (going on 30yrs now) and such have been due for a change for sometime.

Who remembers RLL and MFM HD's?, Predisessor to IDE and SCSI.

SATA and SAS are the new, Just as the jump from ISA/EISA/VLB/PCI/ PCI-X (oops) to ePCI.


On this subject,,, I notice we still use/have that ancient floppy connector (something like 40yrs old now), Come on, Really!, Cant somone spend a moment and make a SATA floppy drive, Or change the onboard floppy connector to a SD/CF slot (For raid driver if needed).

There are normal drives that have actually about reached the max speeds of IDE.
Also, SATA floppy? Please, phase out floppies entirely, or just use a USB floppy if you really need one.

Only things I have that use IDE still...
My disk drives.
My laptop (running a compact flash card over IDE).
My xbox, with a leftover 200GB IDE harddrive that will be going it in for movie storage as soon as I get around to doing the necessary soldering.