Parallel vs Serial speed (was: IDE, SATA, RAID0, RAID4, and RAID5)

[Kristian Hermansen]

On 2/6/07, David Kramer <david at thekramers.net> wrote:
> Here's something I don't understand.  My gut tells me that a parallel
> interface, which sends all the bits at once, should be several times
> faster than a serial interface, which must send one bit at a time.  So
> how is SATA faster than IDE?

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Kristian Hermansen

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