Accredited Standards Committee *	X3, Information Technology

NEWS RELEASE

Doc. No.:	PR/96-030
Reply to:	Lynn Barra at lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us 


X3 Announces the Public Comment Period for 
X3.293:199x, Information Technology - Serial Storage Architecture - 
Physical Layer 1 (SSA-PH1) 


Washington D.C., April 1996 - Accredited Standards Committee 
X3, Information Technology is announcing the public comment period for 
X3.293:199x.  The public review extends from May 10, 1996 to July 9, 1996.

This document defines the physical layer of the Serial Storage Architecture 
(SSA).  SSA defines a serial interface hierarchy to be used for purposes within its 
distance and performance characteristics, including but not limited to storage 
subsystems.  This standard is intended to be used with an upper layer protocol 
(e.g., SCSI-2 Protocol (SSA-S2P)) and a transport layer (e.g., SSA Transport Layer 
1 (SSA-TL1)).

A major goal of the SSA-PH1 standard is to define a physical layer acceptable to 
device vendors, looking for an evolution from parallel SCSI, and systems 
designers looking for opportunities to more fully exploit the capabilities inherent 
to a serial bus.

Submit all comments to:  X3 Secretariat, Attn.:  Lynn Barra, 1250 Eye 
Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC  20005, Email:  lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us.  
Send a copy to:  ANSI, Attn.:  BSR Center, 11 West 42nd St., New York, NY  10036.

A call for possible patents and pertinent issues (copyrights, trademarks) is 
also being issued.  Please submit information on these issues to the X3 
Secretariat at 1250 Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington DC  20005. 
Email: x3sec@itic.nw.dc.us

This draft can be purchased from Global Engineering Documents, Inc., 15 
Inverness Way East, Englewood, CO  80112. (800)854-7179 or (303)792-2181.


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