"BEAVERTON, Ore. – Jan. 14, 2008 – Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO), the consortium dedicated to sustaining the quality, integrity and dissemination of SATA technology, today announced its Power Over eSATA initiative. SATA-IO has begun work on a new specification that will provide power to external SATA (eSATA) devices without the need for a separate power connection. Led by the organization’s Cable and Connector group, the specification is targeted for completion in the second half of 2008."
Good news, by coupling eSATA with power on the same cable, aside from ditching the extra power source for external drives, this also simplifies the design by getting rid of USB or Firewire bridges, bringing lower costs for external HDD cases.
The current eSATA spec allows for transfer rates of 3.0Gbps, that should be unchanged and further enhanced in the future, as the SATA standard evolves.
The official press release is here.
Keywords: eSATA power external 3.0Gbps
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