Intel announces Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) specs v0.95
In a separate press release Intel announced Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) specs v0.95 for Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment). Though final version is expected early in 2004, v0.95 already points at volume production of AHCI Serial ATA host controllers expected in the market later in 2003.
AHCI has been developed by The AHCI Contributor Group, including Intel, AMD, Dell, Marvell, Maxtor, Microsoft, Red Hat, Seagate, and StorageGear. AHCI specs define standard interface platform with drivers and OS features for such SATA functionality, as instruction queueing, hot plug, energy management, etc. New specs supprot will be provided with AHCI chipset integration already in 2004 as well as with AHCI drivers integrated into the next Windows version.
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