SATA3 replaced in 2014

2014. That is when we will remove the monkey thats been dragging along on our backs. By that I mean we will have a new faster standard:
SATA Express

Meaning we will go from 0.6GB/s per lane (SATA3) to 1.0GB/s (SATA Express) and all the way up to 2GB/s (SATA Express)
Already today we have SSDs that reach 550MB/s, so a new standard is highly appriciated.

PCI Express-Based Serial ATA Specification Close to Ratification - X-bit labs
New Superfast SATA Express Standard Brings 8 & 16GB/s Data Transfer Speeds to Storage Devices - Legit Reviews
http://www.sata-io.org/documents/SATA_Express_Infographic_Final.pdf
http://www.sata-io.org/technology/sataexpress.asp

 

Whoa, 2014 huh? Better start saving now. It's going to be an expensive year upgrading all the toys... uhm, I mean workstations around here.

While the jump is less than 100% faster initially - what it should do is take away a lot of the latency that SATA3 has right now in overhead. That is what I'm waiting to experience. Along with hopefully then-current SSD's that take advantage of this progress and give us capacities worth spending real $$$ on (1TB minimum, for example).

And just for clarity - I don't want the 'fake' SATA Express version - I want the SFF-8639 'real' implementation on all available devices whether they are notebooks, tablets or desktops.

 

This is actually late.
SSDs with RAID-0 setup started to bottleneck SATA interface. Better to move on to SATA IV or something else...


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Raid0 with SATA Express is gonna be 2GB/s. With the SFF-8639 which tiller talks about is gonna support 4GB/s on Raid0. No way in hell we are gonna saturate that for quite some time
Like Anandtech says: " It took SandForce all of one year to release a controller that could saturate a 6Gbps SATA interface"
So who knows, the OEMs are probably just dying for a new standard and is ready to unleash drives that will use all this speed within a year? If so it sounds pretty promising for the future
But yeah I agree, it took quite a while from the planning board to the final spec. Way too much time

Intel is pretty soon out with their 530 SSD that is ready for SATA Express btw. Not shure if they have some secret tricks inside their sleeves or if its just jumping on a standard thats future proof
http://forum.notebookreview.com/solid-state-drives-ssds-flash-storage/702649-brand-new-intel-520-180gb-ssd-looks-like-its-used-2.html#post9020557

 

While sequential speeds are impressive for marketing, in terms of users, it will be hardly noticeable. Random speeds are significantly more important and they are just barely saturating SATA/150. While I'm all for increasing bus speed and decreasing overhead, marketing these super fast sequential speeds doesn't really help the end user.

 

I would agree. Typical notebook/PC usage doesn't put much of a load on the controller, which makes the extra bandwidth a non-factor for most uses.