AApp Note: Developing ATAPI Devices for Serial ATA

The migration from parallel ATA disk drives to the new Serial ATA interface is well underway. The Serial ATA community is now focused on migrating the ubiquitous ATAPI CD-ROM, CD-R and DVD-RW devices to operate over SATA links.
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Application Note
Developing ATAPI Devices for Serial ATA
The migration from parallel ATA disk drives to the new Serial ATA interface is well underway. The Serial ATA
community is now focused on migrating the ubiquitous ATAPI CD-ROM, CD-R and DVD-RW devices to
operate over SATA links. These optical devices will eventually integrate SATA into their control A