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ENhanced Integrated Electronics |
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A design that improves on the Drive limitations of the IDE design. EIDE designs can use up to four devices (split into two pairs). For each pair of devices, one of the devices is the master; the drive electronics on the master control both the master drive and (if applicable) the secondary slave unit attached. Unlike IDE, EIDE supports devices in addition to hard drives, including CD-ROM drives and tape drives. EIDE devices can be up to 8 gigabytes in size, improving on the 524 megabyte limit of IDE devices. As with IDE, this type of drive is interfaced to a computer bus with an EIDE host adapter, not a controller. However, most newer computers include an EIDE host adapter right on the motherboard. |
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