1. External Serial ATA Jan. 26, 2005 Sheila Wang Sales & Marketing Dept.

2. Market Trend Serial ATA is to replace ATA, used for desktop PCs, workstations, & entry level server. Lifetime of Serial ATA: 10 years (from 2002) Originally aimed at internal storage devices; is now evolving to include external storage devices Strong growth of external/portable/mobile storage devices Speed roadmap: 150MB/s => 300MB/s =>600MB/s

3. Conversion Rate of Desktop Disk Drive from ATA to SATA Source: Silicon Image, External Serial ATA White Paper, August 2004

4. External vs. Internal SATA

5. Key Benefits of eSATA Faster than the commonly used external storage interface (USB, 1394) Cost effective Prevent ESD damage Provide EMI protection

6. External Interface Comparison Source: Silicon Image

7. SATA, USB, Firewire

8. Comparison of Interface Speeds & Data Transfer Rates

9. Desktop Storage Interfaces Source: Maxtor Serial ATA White Paper, Nov. 2000 (external)

11. Amphenol eSATA External Serial ATA II Board mount, normal & reverse type

14. Anti-USB Feature: AMTA sets the industry standard!! Serial ATA II for External Devices

15. Applications for eSATA Mobile CD-RW, DVD/CD-RW DVD-R/RW, ZIP drives External HD CD copier, DVD copierSet top box/PVR/DVR Game console Home Networks PCMCIA Adapter Card for Notebook Motherboards PCs, Servers

16. Target Market for External Serial ATA External hard drives Motherboards Servers/PCs Mobile CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW/DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW drives, copiers, zip drives Game console PVRs, DVRs, Set top boxes Home networks Interface cards