OCZ invents proprietary 20Gbps link for SSDs, snubbing SAS, SATA, and PCIe

Yesterday, OCZ released a curious statement saying that it was unveiling a proprietary interface it's calling the “High-Speed Data Link” (HSDL) to accelerate connection to solid-state storage. The company is apparently unsatisfied with existing interface options (SAS, SATA, PCIe) and has developed HSDL to eliminate I/O bottlenecks and enable SSD technology to operate at its full potential. One HDSL can operate at transfer rates as fast as 20Gbps and multiple channels can be ganged for even higher transfer rates. The announcement also reveals an upcoming SSD to be called “IBIS” that will make use of the HDSL interface. Each IBIS drive will ship with single-port HDSL adapters and the company also plans to offer multiport adapters for systems that need multiple drives and more bandwidth. OCZ says it’s making HDSL an open standard and hopes to attract other vendors’ support for the high-speed storage interface.