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HDD Interface Ide

IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) is a standard electronic interface that connects computer storage devices like hard drives and optical drives to the computer motherboard. It is based on the 16-bit bus standard. IDE was adopted as a standard by ANSI in 1990. IDE is commonly known as ATA or Parallel ATA, and is different than other interfaces like SCSI and ESDI because the drive controllers are integrated into each IDE drive, allowing them to connect directly to the motherboard or controller.

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HDD Interface Ide

IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) is a standard electronic interface that connects computer storage devices like hard drives and optical drives to the computer motherboard. It is based on the 16-bit bus standard. IDE was adopted as a standard by ANSI in 1990. IDE is commonly known as ATA or Parallel ATA, and is different than other interfaces like SCSI and ESDI because the drive controllers are integrated into each IDE drive, allowing them to connect directly to the motherboard or controller.

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HDD INTERFACE

IDE
IDE (INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS) IS A STANDARD
ELECTRONICINTERFACEUSED BETWEEN A COMPUTER
MOTHERBOARD'SDATA PATHS ORBUSAND THE
COMPUTER'S DISKSTORAGEDEVICES.
THE IDEINTERFACEIS BASED ON THE 16-BIT BUS
STANDARD, BUT IT IS ALSO USED IN COMPUTERS THAT
USE OTHER BUS STANDARDS.

Fig. 1 Back of IDE


HDD

IDE WAS ADOPTED AS A STANDARD BY THE AMERICAN


NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ANSI) IN NOVEMBER
1990.

Fig. 2 - Several Parallel ATA hard disk


drives

The term Integrated Drive Electronics refers not just to the


connector and interface definition, but also to the fact that the
drive controller is integrated into the drive, as opposed to a
separate controller on or connected to the
motherboard.

The interface cards used to connect a parallel ATA drive to, for
example, a PCI slot are not drive controllers: they are merely
bridges between the host bus and the IDE interface.

Since the original IDE interface is essentially just a 16-bit ISA bus
in disguise, the bridge was especially simple in case of an ATA
connector being located on an ISA interface card.

Fig. 3 - An Oak Technology Mozart 16 16-bit ISA sound


card

Integrated Drive ElectronicsorIBM Disc


Electronics,IDEismorecommonlyknown
asATAorParallel ATA(PATA).
ItisastandardinterfaceforIBMcompatiblehard
drivesandCDorDVDdrives.
IDEisdifferentthanSCSIandEnhancedSmall
DeviceInterface(ESDI)becauseitscontrollersare
oneachdrive,meaningthedrivecanconnect
directlytothemotherboardorcontroller.
IDEanditsupdatedsuccessor,EnhancedIDE
(EIDE),arecommondriveinterfacesfoundinIBM
compatiblecomputers.

Fig. 4 -The IDE Channels to


which IDE Connectors
connect on the
Motherboard.

Fig. 5 - A Picture of What an IDE Cable Looks


Like

Fig. 6 - A SoundBlaster 32 16-bit ISA sound card

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