Seagate ceases production of IDE drives

Seagate is going to cease production of IDE-drives by the end of this year, then throw all its strength on the production of products using SATA-interface connectivity. Seagate is the first large company to take this step, as all other manufacturers, though leaning towards SATA, continue to produce products with a PATA interface. According to the ITNews report , in January, SATA accounted for two thirds of desktop hard drives sold and 44% for laptop hard drives.

Not only did SATA catch up with PATA and become the interface preferred for connecting a hard disk, it has also become the main interface for connecting a main hard disk: now most OEM suppliers supply computers with SATA disks.

This, however, does not at all mean the end of the 21-year-old era of the PATA-standard and the disappearance of its support: firstly, a third of all hard drives are still with the PATA-interface, secondly, a considerable number of CD / DVD drives are still "Hang" on PATA, which means that motherboard manufacturers in the foreseeable future will not give up at least one PATA connector.