1394 Trade Association Cites First FireWire 800 Products as Kickoff to New Era in Consumer, Computer, Peripheral Connectivity.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Macworld This article is about a technology publication. For the tradeshow, see Macworld Conference & Expo.
Macworld San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden 2003 DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2003 MacWorld 2003 Product Introductions Demonstrate Industry's Optimal Audio-Video Connectivity, as New Version of 1394 Goes Commercial Leaders of the 1394 Trade Association today said the arrival of the first computer and storage products built with the new ultra high speed FireWire A high-speed serial bus developed by Apple and Texas Instruments that allows for the connection of up to 63 devices. It is widely used for downloading video from digital camcorders to the computer. Also known as the IEEE 1394 standard, the i. 800 multimedia bus offers consumers the industry's best-ever audio-video connectivity, and sets the stage for a new, exciting era of networking based on the enhanced IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394b standard. Product announcements at the annual MacWorld Conference in San Francisco came from Apple Computer, with its new Powerbook A family of laptop computers from Apple that was introduced in 1991. PowerBook was the first Apple brand name for a series of portable computers, which lasted until 2006, when they were superseded by the MacBook Pro. G4, with its 17-inch display and FireWire 800; Maxtor Maxtor Corporation was an American manufacturer of computer hard disk drives founded in 1982 and acquired by Seagate in 2006. As of December 2005, just prior to the acquisition, Maxtor was the world's third-largest manufacturer of hard disks. Corp., with its new 200GB FireWire 800 concept hard drive; and LaCie, with its new line of desktop d2 FireWire 800 drives, ranging from 200GB to 500 GB. All the new FireWire 800 products are based on the `b' version of the IEEE 1394 multimedia standard, developed by the 1394 Trade Association. 1394b delivers speeds starting at 800 megabits/second, scalable to 1.6 Gigabits/second, then to 3.2 Gigabits/second. It also extends the distance that FireWire-equipped devices can send video and audio to more than 100 meters over CAT-5, plastic fiber and other media. "These first FireWire 800 products signal the emergence of a new era for 1394/FireWire," said James Snider, executive director of the Trade Association. "At 800 megabits per second (unit) megabits per second - (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576). E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps. , we are pushing data transfer rates in desktops and notebooks to levels never before possible. Based on my conversations with industry insiders, 2003 will be a strong year for FireWire 800 consumer and computer products, with significant growth expected in 2004." Snider echoed comments from Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of worldwide developer relations, who said Apple is pleased that developers are aggressively adopting the new FireWire 800 version of the 1394 specification. Company Leaders Cite New Generation of FireWire Other leaders in the consumer and computer industries supported the benefits of the new `b' version of IEEE 1394 and the first FireWire 800 products. "The 1394b standard is a technology breakthrough, allowing secure, long distance, very high bandwidth connections in home and commercial environments, with data rates at multiples of existing technologies," said Robert Perry Robert Perry (born South Wales) is a television writer. He was script-editor on the BBC soap opera EastEnders, as well as writing for the television series Family Affairs and Is Harry on the Boat?. He has also worked on Emmerdale. , director of marketing for Mitsubishi Electronics America, a pioneer in 1394-equipped television technology. "It enables high definition content, video-conferencing and other multiple high-bandwidth connections, and is designed for streaming content, as well as TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. . All of this exciting new performance is coupled with 1394's traditional ease of use." "Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. is excited to enable new FireWire 800 products with the industry's first 800 Mbps 1394b physical layer device. We will continue to develop and deliver the most advanced 1394b technology. We are seeing a significant amount of interest from our customers and expect 2003 to be a very strong kickoff year for this new generation of FireWire," said Julie Holland, Director, Connectivity Solutions, Texas Instruments. "FireWire 800 sets the stage for a huge leap in performance between Macintosh platforms and their peripherals, giving professionals even more power to harness their creative ideas," said Dominique Battalier, LaCie's director for product development. "Oxford Semiconductor's 922 bridge chip, an S800 PHY See physical layer and physical. from Texas Instruments, and LaCie's expert engineering team provide users with the fastest FireWire hard disk drive available." "Maxtor Corporation continues its leadership in the storage industry by remaining on the forefront of innovative technologies such as FireWire 800," said Mike Cordano, executive vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at Maxtor. About the 1394 Trade Association The 1394 Trade Association is a worldwide organization of consumer electronics, computer and peripheral product leaders dedicated to the advancement and application of the IEEE 1394 standard. For more information, please visit the TA web sites at http://www.1394ta.org |
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