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IEEE 1394, formerly FireWire. A 1995 Macintosh/IBM PC serial bus interface standard offering high-speed communications and isochronous real-time data services. 1394 can transfer data between a computer and its peripherals at 100, 200, or 400 Mbps, with a planned increase to 2 Gbps. Cable length is limited to 4.5 m but up to 16 cables can be daisy-chained yielding a total length of 72 m. It can daisy-chain together up to 63 peripherals in a tree-like structure (as opposed to SCSI's linear structure). It allows peer-to-peer device communication, such as communication between a scanner and a printer, to take place without using system memory or the CPU. It is designed to support plug-and-play and hot swapping. Its 6-wire cable is not only more convenient than the SCSI cables but can supply up to 60 watts of power, allowing low-consumption devices to operate without a separate power cord.

Resources in This Category

• 1394 Newsletter

  http://www.igigroup.com/nl/pages/1394.html
  Applications, standards development, 1394 Trade Association news, new 1394 products, company strategies, price trends, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, procurements, impact of competing technologies, competing standards: USB, and SCSI.

• 1394 Printer Working Group

  http://www.pwg.org/p1394/
  Developing printing standards for the IEEE Std. 1394-1995 High Speed Serial Bus. This new interface standard is being used in state of the art audio, video, and computer applications.

• IEEE 1394

  http://www.vxm.com/21R.49.html
  The cable connection to complete the digital revolution. Impact overview.

• IEEE 1394 Trade Association

  http://www.1394ta.org/
  Founded to support the development of computer and consumer electronics systems that can be easily connected with each other via a single serial multimedia link.

• Quick Overview of IEEE 1394

  http://skipstone.com/overview.html
  By providing an inexpensive non-proprietary high-speed method of interconnecting digital devices, a truly universal I/O connection has been created, from Skipstones site.

• Skipstone

  http://www.skipstone.com/informat.html
  IEEE 1394 Serial Bus information.

• Why FireWire is Hot! Hot! Hot!

  http://www.vxm.com/21R.35.html
  Article written by Franco Vitaliano.

 

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