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EVENTS

MEMBER Companies

Specifications and Revisions

Certified SATA Products

None 1-2 3-9 10-49 50-149 150+

The color indicates the number of member companies by country

Total Member Companies417

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Interoperability Workshops

Events & Trade Shows

SATA History

FEBRUARY 2000Serial SATA standard introduced through the e�orts of APT Technologies, Dell, Intel, Maxtor, and Seagate

OCTOBER 2005SATA Revision 2.5 | 3 Gb/s

AUGUST 2004SATA II Extensions

FEBRUARY 2007SATA Revision 2.6• Internal slimline cable and connector• Internal SATA connector for 1.8” HDD

FEBRUARY 2009First SATA SSD certified

JANUARY 2003SATA Revision 1.0a | 1.5 Gb/s

AUGUST 2002Expansion Specification

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2011

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MAY 2000SATA gained over 80 members and the standard was growing rapidly

JULY 2004SATA-IO was incorporated

DECEMBER 2006First SATA HDD certified

AUGUST 2008SATA Revision 3.0 | 6 Gb/s• Align SATA 2.6 with ATA8-ACS Gen 3

register assignments• New NCQ commands• Revisions for Gen3i

DECEMBER 2008SATA had close to 100% of the desktop PC market share

JULY 2009First 1TB HDD certified

JULY 2011SATA Revision 3.1• Protocol changes for 6G SATA• Speed clarifications• Application of SATA 2.5 Design Guide 2• Hardware Control Feature Mechanism

JULY 2014First M.2 certified

AUGUST 2013SATA Revision 3.2• Support for SSD features• Introduction of Device Sleep• Introduction of Rebuild Assist• Introduction of Transitional

Energy Reporting

2016

2018

2020

FEBRUARY 2016SATA Revision 3.3• New Power Disable features• New and modernized commandsJUNE 2018

SATA Revision 3.4• Clarifications on writeable logs• DevSlp timing requirements• Obsolete SATA Express

JULY 2020SATA Revision 3.5• Device Transmit Emphasis for Gen 3 PHY• Defined Ordered NCQ Commands• Command Duration Limit Features

491HDDs

310Optical Disc Drives (ODD)

114Other

46Hosts

17Test & Validation Tools

01Discrete ICs/

Chipsets

17Cables &

Connectors

69Building

Blocks

268SSDs

Specifications 37

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CELEBRATING

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