Parallel ATA
Features introduced with each ATA revision

Parallel ATA

Section Title: Features introduced with each ATA revision
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Standard	Other names	New transfer modes	Maximum disk size (512 byte sector)	Other new features	ANSI reference

IDE (pre-ATA)	IDE	PIO 0	2 GiB (2.1 GB)	22-bit logical block addressing (LBA)	–

ATA-1	ATA, IDE	PIO 0, 1, 2 Single-word DMA 0, 1, 2 Multi-word DMA 0	128 GiB (137 GB)	28-bit logical block addressing (LBA)	X3.221-1994 (obsolete since 1999)

ATA-2	EIDE, Fast ATA, Fast IDE, Ultra ATA	PIO 3, 4 Multi-word DMA 1, 2	PCMCIA connector. Identify drive command.	X3.279-1996 (obsolete since 2001)

ATA-3	EIDE	Single-word DMA modes dropped	S.M.A.R.T., Security, 44 pin connector for 2.5" drives	X3.298-1997 (obsolete since 2002)

ATA/ATAPI-4	ATA-4, Ultra ATA/33	Ultra DMA 0, 1, 2, also known as UDMA/33	AT Attachment Packet Interface (ATAPI) (support for CD-ROM, tape drives etc.), Optional overlapped and queued command set features, Host Protected Area (HPA), CompactFlash Association (CFA) feature set for solid state drives	NCITS 317-1998

ATA/ATAPI-5	ATA-5, Ultra ATA/66	Ultra DMA 3, 4, also known as UDMA/66	80-wire cables; CompactFlash connector	NCITS 340-2000

ATA/ATAPI-6	ATA-6, Ultra ATA/100	UDMA 5, also known as UDMA/100	128 PiB (144 PB)	48-bit LBA, Device Configuration Overlay (DCO), Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM)	NCITS 361-2002

ATA/ATAPI-7	ATA-7, Ultra ATA/133	UDMA 6, also known as UDMA/133 SATA/150	SATA 1.0, Streaming feature set, long logical/physical sector feature set for non-packet devices	INCITS 397-2005 (vol 1) INCITS 397-2005 (vol 2) INCITS 397-2005 (vol 3)

ATA/ATAPI-8	ATA-8	—	Hybrid drive featuring non-volatile cache to speed up critical OS files	INCITS 452-2008

ATA/ATAPI-8	ACS-2	—	Data Set Management, Extended Power Conditions, CFast, additional stats., etc.	INCITS 482-2012

Sentence(s)

ATA drive has about 137 gigabytes.

final_sentence: ATA drive has about 137 gigabytes.