A data channel that transfers digital data in a serial fashion: one bit after the other over one wire or fiber. Serial interfaces may have multiple lines, but only one line is used for data.

In contrast, the consumer-oriented SATA interface has only one channel. The Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) is used for SAS drives, and the Serial ATA Tunneling Protocol (STP) is employed for SATA drives.

SMS6000 is a Serial ATA gen I and gen II compliant PHY IP which supports SAPIS and Serial Attached SCCI (SAS) specifications both at 1.5 Gbp/s and 3.0 Gbp/s.

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