See serial interface. Earlier printers used a Centronics parallel cable to attach to the computer, and disk drives used a parallel ATA (PATA) cable to connect to the motherboard. See Centronics ...

Additionally, since the CE-ATA interface is usually part of a bigger System-on-Chip ... CE-ATA's goals differ from the ones of its desktop siblings, PATA and SATA (Parallel and Serial ATA). Emphasis ...

TRC3002CSA is a Dual Serial ATA (SATA) PHY core for interfacing ... an 8-bit or 10-bit parallel to serial converter with built in 8b/10b encoder, and differential high speed Interface output. Its ...