Parallel ATA (PATA) hard disk drives (HDDs) are
widely used in social infrastructure equipment,
industrial equipment, and embedded equipment.
However, production of most PATA (IDE) HDDs
has stopped, and the change to Serial ATA
(SATA) interface has accelerated. Therefore, it is
necessary to connect conventional systems to
SATA HDDs using IDE-SATA conversion connec-
tors and SATA bridge ICs, or to change the CPU
chipset, which both place a heavy burden on
maintenance. TDK’s SDG8B series is
PATA (IDE) SSDs that can resolve such issues.
Connection using a standard IDE 44Pin connec-
tor is possible, making it easy to change from
HDDs to SSDs.