The drives market now resembles to the competitive market of central x86-compatible CPUs, two major players Western Digital and Seagate compete in the development speed of new technologies.
WD company announced plans to demonstrate a solid state drive with SAS interface 12 Gb / s, competitor, Seagate has made a balanced progress, declared its readiness to show tomorrow at the main events STA Technology Showcase series samples of solid-state drives Pulsar.2 SAS drives 12 Gb / s.
Standard SAS 12 Gbit / s will be finalized by the end of the year. The infrastructure of this interface will work with hard disk drives, SAS drives equipped with 6 Gb / s, as provided for backward compatibility