TechCare Knowledgebase. OS News. Multiprocessor Workstation Glossary. Serial ATA. The first ATA hard drives appeared on the scene in the late 1980′s, and have evolved into the latest ATA100 and ATA133 standards. Also known as IDE (for integrated drive electronics), the ATA standard has gone through a number of iterations. Today’s ATA hard drives max out at 133MB/sec (Maxtor) and 100MB/sec (everyone else). The original ATA standard specified a connection speed of 3.3MB/sec. Early ATA drives offered 10-40MB of storage — a staggering amount at the time, but completely useless for most PC applications today. Capacities have evolved along with connection speeds, and we now have 320GB ATA drives available. However, today’s hard drives still use an interconnect standard that’s over fifteen years old, even as capacities and drive technologies have progressed.
The ATA standard is a 16-bit, parallel connection. Serial ATA Defined: Serial ATA is, as the name implies, a serial link. S-ATA is also point-to-point. Unfortunately, parallel ATA won’t vanish overnight. Sharky Extreme. TechTV. OK, so it's not exactly a vacation, but the "Man Games" is something that any athlete would consider a relaxing day. Did I say relaxing? Sorry, I meant absolutely brutal and awesome. This isn't something that you'd see featured on a TV show like The Getaway, but that doesn't mean it won't help relieve some of that work-day stress. "The Man Games" is a national competition series composed of 12 challenges that will challenge those who call themselves "hardcore.
" Oh, and that's just the warmup. WinInfo. Product Support Lifecycle. PC Support Advisor. Old-Computers. Technology Review. Answers That Work. Distributed Computing_ An Introduction. Hyper-Threading. At the recent Fall 2002 Intel Developer Forum, Intel announced that their upcoming 3.06GHz P4 processors and beyond will include Hyper-Threading (HT) technology.
Earlier rumors suggested we wouldn’t see Hyper-Threading in desktop CPUs until mid-2003 with Prescott, Intel’s .09 micron (90nm) processor that implements the next level of advanced 32-bit x86 microarchitecture. Obviously, Intel determined that desktop HT technology could be released sooner, since operating system support is stabilizing with Windows XP SP1, and application tuning and support is well underway. Also, competitive pressures from AMD likely helped push up the release schedule. Unfortunately, we don’t yet have performance data for the desktop 3GHz Hyper-Threaded P4 because the product is not formally released.
Hyper-Threading Platform Requirements Intel specifies a P4 3.06GHz or higher processor is required to support Hyper-Threading on the desktop. Hyper-Threading Benefits. LabMice. Hub vs Switch. Microsoft .NET FAQ. IP Version 6 - IPv6.