Rae Cho, Silicon Image director of product marketing, storage semiconductors, noted, "There's no question that the market is aggressively moving to Serial ATA. Following the lead of the their hard disk counterparts, we expect to see optical drive manufacturers incorporate Serial ATA into their products to ensure interoperability with the new SATA motherboards and add-in- cards that will begin proliferating the market this Fall.

" Cho added, "Silicon Image is well positioned for the industry transition with solutions on the host and disk sides of the interface. The SiI 3112, the industry's only native SATA host controller, and the SiI 3611 device bridge are the only SATA chips today supporting ATAPI commands."