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Serial ATA International Organization

Abbreviation	SATA-IO
Predecessor	Serial ATA Working Group
Founded	July 2004
Type	Non-profit organization
Legal status	Incorporated
Purpose	Development and promotion of the Serial ATA (SATA) specification
Region served	Worldwide
Members	Companies in the computing and storage industries
Leader	Granite River Labs, Intel, Marvell, Novus Labs, Seagate Technology, and Western Digital
Parent organization	INCITS (affiliated)
Affiliations	ANSI (through INCITS)
Website	sata-io.org

Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) is an independent, non-profit organization^[1] which provides the computing industry with guidance and support for implementing the SATA specification. SATA-IO was developed by and for leading industry companies. It was officially formed in July 2004 by incorporating the previous Serial ATA Working Group which had been established in February 2000 to specify Serial ATA for desktop applications.^[2]

SATA-IO is affiliated directly to INCITS, and indirectly via INCITS to ANSI. Many members form this organization; it is currently led by Granite River Labs, Intel, Marvell, Novus Labs, Seagate Technology, and Western Digital.^[3]

• SATA Express
• Serial ATA

• Homepage of American Standards Institute
• Homepage of the ANSI accredited standardization body INCITS
• List of INCITS standards
• Technical Committee T13 (AT Attachment)