Serial ATA III on Track

During the last IDF, Intel unveiled part of the specification of the Serial ATA III. Data transfer speed will be doubled to reach the theoretical barrier of 600MB/s. it will also expend the recently announced new connector formats aiming to enhance the use of SATA format in storage array or mobile optical swap bay (especially the slimline and micro-SATA connector for 1.8" drives).
SATAIII should allow users to add several SATAIII devices on the same SATA line. This function will be either implemented at the motherboard level, or via port multiplicators expansion cards.
Completion of SATAIII specifications is expected for H2 2007, roughly at the same time than the first SSDs should hit the shelves. If 3.5" HDs will never reach theoretical barriers of SATAII or SATA III, flash memory-based storage units will strongly benefit of SATAIII, especially concerning diversity of connectors.