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`SATA—Driving innovation and
`supporting the data transfer needs of
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`YEARS
`
`SATA History
`
`Certified SATA Products
`
`MAY 2000
`SATA gained over 80
`members and the standard
`was growing rapidly
`
`JANUARY 2003
`SATA Revision 1.0a | 1.5 Gb/s
`
`AUGUST 2004
`SATA II Extensions
`
`DECEMBER 2006
`First SATA HDD certified
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`AUGUST 2008
`SATA Revision 3.0 | 6 Gb/s
`• Align SATA 2.6 with ATA8-ACS Gen 3
`register assignments
`• New NCQ commands
`• Revisions for Gen3i
`
`FEBRUARY 2009
`First SATA SSD certified
`
`JULY 2011
`SATA Revision 3.1
`• Protocol changes for 6G SATA
`• Speed clarifications
`• Application of SATA 2.5 Design Guide 2
`• Hardware Control Feature Mechanism
`
`JULY 2014
`First M.2 certified
`
`JUNE 2018
`SATA Revision 3.4
`• Clarifications on writeable logs
`• DevSlp timing requirements
`• Obsolete SATA Express
`
`2000
`
`2002
`
`2003
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`2004
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`2005
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`2006
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`2007
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`2008
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`2009
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`2011
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`2013
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`2014
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`2016
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`2018
`
`2020
`
`FEBRUARY 2000
`Serial SATA standard introduced
`through the e(cid:31)orts of APT Technologies,
`Dell, Intel, Maxtor, and Seagate
`
`AUGUST 2002
`Expansion Specification
`
`JULY 2004
`SATA-IO was incorporated
`
`OCTOBER 2005
`SATA Revision 2.5 | 3 Gb/s
`
`FEBRUARY 2007
`SATA Revision 2.6
`• Internal slimline cable and connector
`• Internal SATA connector for 1.8” HDD
`
`DECEMBER 2008
`SATA had close to 100% of the
`desktop PC market share
`
`JULY 2009
`First 1TB HDD certified
`
`AUGUST 2013
`SATA Revision 3.2
`• Support for SSD features
`• Introduction of Device Sleep
`• Introduction of Rebuild Assist
`• Introduction of Transitional
`Energy Reporting
`
`FEBRUARY 2016
`SATA Revision 3.3
`• New Power Disable features
`• New and modernized commands
`
`JULY 2020
`SATA Revision 3.5
`• Device Transmit Emphasis for Gen 3 PHY
`• Defined Ordered NCQ Commands
`• Command Duration Limit Features
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`EVENTS
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`491
`HDDs
`
`268
`SSDs
`
`69
`Building
`Blocks
`
`17
`Cables &
`Connectors
`
`01
`Discrete ICs/
`Chipsets
`
`Specifications
`and Revisions
`
`20
`
`Specifications
`
`1
`
`1
`
`1
`
`4
`
`1
`
`1
`
`6
`
`1
`
`1
`
`2
`
`2
`
`3
`
`4
`
`170
`
`310
`Optical Disc
`Drives (ODD)
`
`114
`Other
`
`46
`Hosts
`
`17
`Test &
`Validation
`Tools
`
`13
`37
`
`Interoperability
`Workshops
`
`Events &
`Trade Shows
`
`MEMBER Companies
`
`40
`
`10
`
`46
`
`3
`
`1
`
`2
`
`68
`
`1
`
`417
`
`Total Member
`Companies
`
`The color indicates the number of member companies by country
`
`None
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`1-2
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`3-9
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`10-49
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`50-149
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`150+
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