The 2-port eSATA PCMCIA CardBus-32 adapter accommodates storage peripherals with the new Serial ATA interface. Any system with a CardBus interface can simply add the Serial ATA devices by adding the CGS-2ER CardBus PC Card and loading the drivers into the system. Serial ATA is a high-speed serial link replacement for the parallel ATA attachment of mass storage devices. The serial link employed is a high-speed differential layer that utilizes Gigabit technology and 8b/10b encoding. The PCMCIA laptop adapter supports 2 serial ATA ports with eSATA features it supports 2 serial ATA devices (one for each). The built-in Silicon Image chip provides 256-byte FIFOs watchdog 32-bit CardBus transfer features and complete software.
It is the right choice for a CardBus to Serial ATA versatile devices.
Features: Compliant with SATA 1.0 specification Integrated SATA Transport Link logic and PHY layer 48-bit sector addressing Two independent DMA channels with 256B FIFO per channel Virtual DMA Command buffering Supports up to 4MB external FLASH Supports external BIOS Supports spread spectrum clocking to reduce EMI Register compatible with parallel ATA Single digital PLL architecture with 1 PLL for both channels