FireWire
FireWire technology has been around since 1986, but had not been widely used until the late 1990's. The term was coined by Apple Computers as a more marketable name for the less exciting name of IEEE 1394 interface. This technology is used to transfer files from a device equipped with FireWire ports to a computer at very high speeds with extreme accuracy. FireWire is highly useful for video transfers or anything requiring large data transfers when accuracy is a factor. FireWire is currently available for consumer use in two speeds.- FireWire 400 - Transfer rate of 393.216 Mbit/s half duplex
- FireWire 800 - Transfer rate of 786.432 Mbit/s full duplex
FireWire vs. USB 3.0
USB 3.0 has been recently introduced and has speeds up to 5 Gbit/s transfer rates. FireWire has reached 2 billion ports out in the world. USB ports have topped 10 billion out in the world today and have become the technological medium of choice of consumers for many devices. There are FireWire versions S1600 and S3200 that may be available soon for consumers that is capable of speeds up to 1.6 Gbit/s as well as 3.2 Gbit/s which will be able to compete with USB 3.0. The S1600 and S3200 versions are fully compatible with the current S400 and S800 versions as they have the same connector. In the future there may be a single-mode fiber version that will be capable of reaching speeds of 6.4 Gbit/s.You can visit the latest Technology section to know about the latest technology.
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