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| PATA (IDE) |
The IDE standard was designed in the year 1986 by Western Digital.
The first versions of IDE could handle up to 16MB/s, later on new standards
came that produced higher bandwidths like 33, 66. 100 and 133MB/s later the
SATA (Serial ATA) standard took over with smaller cables and more bandwidth.
Each cable could handle at max 2 units, like a hard drive and a CD-ROM.
The first IDE cables were usually of the 40 wire type as seen here on the
right at the top, the one under is the newer and last IDE cable with 80
wires for greater bandwidth, both connectors have 40 pins even if the cable
has double the wires.
The official name of PATA was Parallel ATA but was commonly known as PATA or
IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics). |
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