1394 Trade Association Issues New Technical Backgrounder on FireWire's Advantages As the 'Greenest' Interface.-- Defines How Power Can be Saved and Electronic Waste Reduced Using FireWire -- DALLAS -- The 1394 Trade Association today issued a detailed new report highlighting the environmental benefits and overall power-saving advantages of the 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. 1394 (FireWire) standard. Entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: , "How Green is My FireWire," the new backgrounder back·ground·er n. An informal news briefing for reporters by an official often speaking off the record. Noun 1. backgrounder identifies the ways in which the IEEE 1394 standard optimizes power and energy savings when users connect storage devices and other peripherals with FireWire. It was developed by Bill Rose, a veteran consumer electronics industry consultant who has served on the 1394 Trade Association board of directors and currently is chairman of the High Definition Audio/Video Network Alliance (HANA HANA High-Definition Audio Video Network Alliance HANA Highway Africa News Agency HANA Hawaii Association of Nurse Anesthetists HANA Houston Association of Network Administrators ). "At a time when both individual consumers and companies are trying to reduce their carbon footprint A carbon footprint is the total amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases emitted over the full life cycle of a product or service. , products equipped with the FireWire (IEEE 1394) standard are an excellent choice. Plenty of power can be saved, and waste can be eliminated right now using FireWire," said Rose. "And, there are additional opportunities to save even more if companies take full advantage of all of the standard's capabilities." For the complete technical backgrounder, visit either of these locations: http://www.en-genius.net/site/zones/greentechZONE/technical_notes/grnt_031609 or www.1394ta.org. The 1394 Trade Association is a worldwide organization dedicated to the advancement of the IEEE 1394 (FireWire) standard. The 1394TA recently celebrated its 15th year of promoting 1394 and its one billionth 1394 port shipped. FireWire is used today in mass-market computer, entertainment, and professional products, and in a wide range of specialty applications such as music, defense, aerospace, industrial, and robotics robotics, science and technology of general purpose, programmable machine systems. Contrary to the popular fiction image of robots as ambulatory machines of human appearance capable of performing almost any task, most robotic systems are anchored to fixed positions products. For more information, visit www.1394ta.org FireWire is a trademark of Apple, licensed to the 1394 Trade Association. |
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