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VT8237

Bringing Serial ATA and RAID to the Mainstream

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VIA VT8237 South Bridge

than double the length of Parallel ATA cables (see Figure 2), again

allowing for greater flexibility in system design.

Figure 2: SATA vs PATA Cable Comparison

SATA cabling (left) vs. PATA cabling (right)

The migration towards Serial ATA as the standard drive interface for all desktop and

notebook PCs is part of a general move within the PC industry and consumer

electronics industries towards serial architectures for buses and interfaces. VIA has

been at the forefront of developing high-performance solutions that support and

enable these standards, as summarized in Table 1.

Table 1: High Performance Serial Technologies

Technology

USB 1.1

Fast Ethernet

1394A

USB 2.0

Gigabit Ethernet

Serial ATA

PCI Express

Maximum Data Rate

12Mb/s

10/100 Mb/s

400Mb/s

480Mb/s

1Gb/s

1.5Gb/s

2.5Gb/s

Availability

Now

Now

Now

Now

Now

Now

2004

VIA DriveStation™ Serial ATA Controller

With the integrated VIA DriveStation™ Dual Channel Serial ATA controller, the

VT8237 South Bridge delivers a number of significant benefits to mainstream PC

users:

• Superior Hard Disk Drive Performance

• Quick & Easy Set-Up

• Hot Plug Capabilities

• SATALite Interface

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