AHCI Patsburg SATA controller and slow transfer speed

[Jim Harris]

On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Jeremy Chadwick <jdc at koitsu.org> wrote:

>
> Intel Patsburg is otherwise known as Intel X79.  The X79
> chipset/southbridge offers 6 SATA ports, 2 of which are SATA600, and the
> remaining 4 are SATA300:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_X79
>
>
While Wikipedia correctly says Intel X79 is codenamed Patsburg, most
Patsburgs are actually known as the C60x family of chipsets.  X79 pairs
with a Core i7 while the C60x pairs with a Xeon E5.

ark.intel.com is a very good decoder ring for all of the Intel code names.

http://ark.intel.com/products/codename/29968/Patsburg

-Jim