IDF Spring 2003: Philips, Intel and Silicon Image release Serial ATA DVD+RW
The wave of hard drive and controller announcements sometimes makes us count Serial ATA as an exclusive HDD interface. But actually it’s a universal bus supporting very different peripherals. Philips, Intel and Silicon Image reminded about this at IDF Spring 2003, having presented the first DVD+RW with Serial ATA interface at Intel’s booth.
The novelty was showcased together with Intel’s system on a new chipset with Serial ATA interface. Philips’s DVD+RW features SATALink SiI 3611 Serial ATA bridge provided by Silicon Image.
This system enables to record video to DVD+RW media in real time. According to these companies, first Serial ATA optical drives will arrive in the end of 2003 to become mainstream by mid-2004. In Serial ATA DVD+RW development Philips collaborates with Silicon Image, Intel and BenQ.
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