Handheld and portable consumer gadgets may soon have their own storage interface, thanks to a new standard being concocted by Toshiba, Hitachi, Seagate, Marvell, and Intel. As reported at DeviceForge.com, the group's proposed CE-ATA (consumer electronics AT-attachment) standard will address the interface requirements of small form-factor drives used in consumer devices such as media players, GPSes,...
and even mobile phones -- devices which are currently experiencing explosive growth. CE-ATA will address issues of low pin count, small size, low voltage, power efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
