On: Why SATA is now obsolete

[duckingtest]

My SSD has a three core cpu dedicated to it. Removing the layer of indirection isn't going to make it faster. At best it's going to make the ssd cheaper by a minuscule amount due to a simpler controller.

[wmf → duckingtest]

One core of your main processor is faster than those three embedded cores; that's why Fusion-io mooches off the main processor.

[duckingtest → wmf]

Its probably fast enough for its purpose. If it isn't, making it faster is way easier than changing existing abstraction layers. In the extreme, it can ever be an asic.