[Gllug] re: SCSI vs SATA

[Mike Brodbelt]

On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 01:11, Nix wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Tom Fairbairn mused:
> > With a serial protocol, you can embed the clock in the data signal.
> 
> But, er, you can do exactly the same with a parallel protocol: you just
> need to have (multi-bit) clock pulses every n-bits-per-wire and buffer
> at both ends, syncing on the clock pulses. Unless the individual lines
> get seriously out of sync, you'll win.
> 
> This is *old*, obvious stuff, so obviously it's been considered and
> rejected. What am I missing?

Call me a cynic, but I strongly suspect that the drive towards serial
protocols has more to do with cost than performance.....

Mike.

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