Serial ATA International Organization

Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) is an independent, non-profit organization which provides the computing industry with guidance and support for implementing the SATA specification. SATA-IO was developed by and for leading industry companies. It was officially formed in July 2004 by incorporating the previous Serial ATA Working Group which had been established in February 2000 to specify Serial ATA for desktop applications.^[1]

Serial ATA logo

SATA-IO is affiliated directly to INCITS, and indirectly via INCITS to ANSI. Many members form this organization; it is currently^{[as of?]} led by ATP Electronics, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, HGST, Intel, Marvell, PMC-Sierra, SanDisk, Seagate Technology, and Western Digital.

See also

• SATA Express
• Serial ATA

External links

• Official site
• Homepage of American Standards Institute
• Homepage of the ANSI accredited standardization body INCITS
• List of INCITS standards
• Technical Committee T13 (AT Attachment)