IEEE approves S1600 & S3200 transmission standards
Monday, August 4, 2008
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) approved two new IEEE 1394 Firewire standards last week.
S1600 and S3200 — which enable data transmission rates up to 1.6 Gbps and 3.2 Gbps respectively — would make Firewire (Apple's name for the standard) theoretically four times faster than is currently possible.
According to IEEE, the new standards are based on IEEE 1394b (FireWire 800) Standard. The new standard will allow peer-to-peer transfer without linking computers. In addition, the S1600 and S3200 standards will continue supporting the S400 and S800 previous standards through backward compatibility.
"The new standard includes all of the amendments, enhancements and more than 100 errata which have been added to the base standard over the last 12 years," Les Baxter, chair of the working group which developed the standard, said in a press release cited in several sources. "This update provides developers with a single document they can rely upon for all of their application needs."
The standard should be ready for deployment in October. Though not as common as the USB standard, Firewire serves a niche market, especially the aviation industry.
USB 3.0, the next generation of the competing USB standard, is due in 2010 with reported speeds of 4.8 Gbps.
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This is a complete or partial translation of the article "IEEE認可新標準 下一波將挑戰USB 3.0速率", from the Chinese language Wikinews, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. |
| This is a complete or partial translation of the article "IEEE認可新標準 下一波將挑戰USB 3.0速率", from the Chinese language Wikinews, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. |
- Aharon Etengoff. "IEEE approves faster Firewire" — The Inquirer, August 1, 2008
- "IEEE approves next generation FireWire specification" — Gizmag, August 1, 2008
- Matthew Sparkes. "FireWire to get four-fold speed boost" — PC Pro, August 1, 2008
- Jose Vilches. "IEEE approves Firewire 1600 and 3200 specs" — TechSpot, July 31, 2008
- Press Release: "New Version of IEEE 1394(TM) Standard Approved" — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, July 29, 2008
