$695 – Serial ATA 3.3 is currently the dominant disk drive interface. With shipment volumes in the hundreds of millions, this impacts the design of disk drives, ICs, production lines, test equipment, and the design of the computers themselves. This course provides the tools engineers and technicians need. Much more than an overview, this class provides a thorough understanding of Serial ATA 3.3: its protocol, its core functionality, how it emulates parallel ATA, the various options, and error recovery strategies.
INTRODUCTION Parallel ATA Serial ATA 3.3 Objectives Physical Packaging ATA OVERVIEW SERIAL ATA 3.3 OVERVIEW TRANSPORT LAYER LINK LAYER |
PHYSICAL (PHY) LAYER Phy Layer Functions Clocking Out-Of-Band Signaling Internal Transmit Path Internal Receive Path Elasticity Buffer Cable Signaling Interface POWER MANAGEMENT STATE MODEL DESCRIPTIONS NATIVE COMMAND QUEUING AHCI ADDITIONAL TOPICS |