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July 31st, 2008

FireWire 1600, 3200 approved: Now, USB 3.0 or FireWire?

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 7:31 am

Categories: USB

Tags: IEEE 1394, IEEE, USB, TG Daily, FireWire, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Sumo David v. GoliathIn today’s news, the IEEE has approved the new FireWire 2008 specification, which will include the S1600 and S3200 standards, running at 1.6Gbps and 3.2Gbps each.

The new IEEE 1394 standards will use the same connectors as FireWire 800 and will be fully compatible with the previous standard. TG Daily’s got the scoop:

Down the road, it is expected that IEEE 1394 will scale up to 6.4 Gb/s.

Firewire and i.Link desperately need the upgrade in order to remain competitive with USB, which will receive an upgrade to 4.8 Gb/s in version 3.0.

The IEEE says the IEEE 1394-2008 spec will become available in October. The USB 3.0 spec is expected to be published by the end of this year.

Which leaves only one question: USB 3.0, or FireWire? Make your case in TalkBack.

Andrew NuscaAndrew J. Nusca is an associate editor for ZDNet and SmartPlanet. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.


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  • Most Recent of 46 Talkback(s)
Oh please...
"um", Ever heard of 100% duty cycle?

Um, could you stop starting your sentences with 'um'?
It makes you sound a little, um, conceited.
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Posted by: nanchatte Posted on: 09/09/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
My choice: USB 3.0  R_Connelie@... | 07/31/08
You have it backwards...  olePigeon | 07/31/08
Agree completely. Firewire is dead  Prognosticator | 07/31/08
Lots of people in the know use Firewire  GoPower | 07/31/08
ummm....  doh123 | 08/01/08
What are you talking about?  dgurney | 08/20/08
That'll be the iPod moving to USB...  nanchatte | 09/09/09
It depends on what you're doing...  olePigeon | 07/31/08
On USB needing CPU time  wolf_z | 07/31/08
Yes, but the OS itself has to delegate those tasks...  olePigeon | 07/31/08
firewire is better, but will likely lose in the long run  Bruce Perlman | 11/21/08
Oh please...  nanchatte | 09/09/09
Advantage USB ...  George Mitchell | 07/31/08
I disagree...  olePigeon | 07/31/08
I totally agree  NonZealot | 07/31/08
Yeah, but eSATA has some serious issues...  olePigeon | 07/31/08
Fair enough  NonZealot | 07/31/08
1 device per channel  NonZealot | 07/31/08
Sort of...  olePigeon | 08/01/08
Tell the military and NASA  GoPower | 07/31/08
Awesome comeback!!  NonZealot | 07/31/08
Message has been deleted.  GoPower | 07/31/08
Tell your great story to NASA and the mulitary  GoPower | 07/31/08
Only in price.  Bruizer | 08/02/08
Ridiculous and wrong.  dgurney | 08/20/08
Firewire is moribund ...  George Mitchell | 07/31/08
Firewhat?  jackbond | 07/31/08
I use it daily  GoPower | 07/31/08
And you are wasting time with FireWire  NonZealot | 07/31/08
And you're transfer video...didn't think so.  GoPower | 07/31/08
Consistency isn't your strong suite?  NonZealot | 07/31/08
eSATA: monumental blunder  dgurney | 08/20/08
Wasting time reading your posts  DeusExMachina | 11/29/08
Royalties...  jackbond | 08/01/08
Apparently it isn't you, either.  DeusExMachina | 11/29/08
isn't....  doh123 | 08/01/08
Brain dead monkey  jackbond | 08/01/08
nope...  doh123 | 08/01/08
RE: FireWire 1600, 3200 approved: Now, USB 3.0 or FireWire?  km7 | 08/01/08
Firewire S3200 is faster than ESATA. [nt]  olePigeon | 08/01/08
Actually  DeusExMachina | 11/29/08
Ports vs. Plugs  CHertlein | 08/01/08
uhhh.. no...  doh123 | 08/01/08
RE: FireWire 1600, 3200 approved: Now, USB 3.0 or FireWire?  epobirs | 08/01/08
RE: FireWire 1600, 3200 approved: Now, USB 3.0 or FireWire?  Bruce Perlman | 11/21/08
RE: FireWire 1600, 3200 approved: Now, USB 3.0 or FireWire?  ZDNeX | 01/04/09

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