Dave and Marco, I believe you should call the interface "SATA 6G." (You kind of vacillate back and forth between that and "SATA III" in the article.) First of all, the SATA-IO wants you to (actually they prefer "SATA 6Gb/s", but heck with 'em); second, there's the confusion with the stated speed of the second generation which is 3 Gb/s. I know it's a minor point, I know everyone says "SATA II" instead of "SATA 3G;" but as SATA 6G becomes more wide-spread, it's something that will come up more often-- and I'm sure that Micron would prefer that the higher speed interface was given its due.
I also cringed a little when Marvell was mentioned. When SATA 6G was new, that company introduced a controller chip which several motherboard manufacturers rushed to put on their P55-based products-- and then rushed to take off. Several causes were blamed; Marvell said that it was problems supporting legacy PATA controls, others said the chips wouldn't reach 6G speeds. I suppose the proof is in the pudding, or rather the benchmarks; but for me it's like Toyota: sure they fixed that annoying "careening out of control" issue, but would you want to buy from them any time soon?
