Who First Suggested IEEE-1394 As FireWire ?

Before the IEEE-1394 standard was established, Mac's (Apple's) named data transmission technology as "Firewire".

FireWire is used for high-speed peripheral devices connected systems, formerly known as IEEE 1394, or 1394 for short, is an international industry standard (high-performance serial bus) of the Apple version of the basic completion of the development in 1996, and since 1999 placed on the Apple, for example, Power Macintosh, and subsequently extended to 2000 notebook series (PowerBook), since 2001,and expresscard to firewire adapter has spread to all new Apple products.

Original FireWire maximum speed of transmitting information, 400 million characters per second (400 Mbit / s) above, the latest version of the FireWire 800 is double the speed. FireWire is faster because of communications, so used in digital cameras, digital video discs (DVD), digital cameras, digital music synthesizer, external hard disk drives. But, to some old type of laptops, there are no firewire slot/port, so a Firewire Expresscard Adapter is a must! Then,you can enjoy your fast music feelings.

FIreWire users can communicate through various means in series with the device without the need for SCSI-type terminator, set up is very simple to connect up to 63 devices, and disconnect connections can all be realized immediately, without having to re-open the computer.

Firewire is a peer interface (peer-to-peer), In addition, no half-way to connect a computer, you can achieve the two non-connected computer. There are three kinds of FireWire connection cable: 4-pin (4-pin), 6-pin (6-pin) and the presentation of the 9-pin FireWire 800 for the (9-pin) cable. FireWire (FireWire) connection is based on technology developed by Apple Computer Inc. has developed and evolved based on a high-speed I / O technology, which can connect peripheral devices and computer. The technology in 1995 and was formally accepted as IEEE 1394 industry standard (FireWire 400). With its powerful transmission performance - can transmit audio, video, time code, and even can be used to control the characteristics of the machine, FireWire has become the digital audio and video equipment, external hardware, and other peripheral products ideal for high-speed interface. FireWire technology, popular in the market, USB/Firewire Expresscard Adapter is also constantly in itself to a higher stage of development-FireWire 800 (has been accepted as IEEE 1394B standard) the emergence of its transmission speed, distance and other performance to a new level.