The IEEE has approved a new standard for IEEE 1394, introducing support for faster data transfers, marking a significant improvement for the serial bus interface.
The new IEEE 1394-2008 specification will introduce support for S1600 (1.6 GB/s) and S3200 (3.2 GB/s). It will be fully backward compatible with previous ports, S400 and S800.
Many older FireWire and i.Link devices are still running on the old specification, which tops out at 400 Mb/s, due to a connector design change when the 800 Mb/s spec was introduced.
With the new faster speeds, available starting in October, IEEE 1394 will remain competitive with the upcoming USB 3.0, which will upgrade to 4.8 GB/s.
All of the data rates in this post should be in bits per second (bps) not bytes per second (Bps).
If you knew what you were talking about you would already know FireWire is MUCH faster than USB!
The extra 40% overhead in USB saturates your CPU while nothing happens while FireWire is actually doing the work. You also have to use a power adapter for most USB connections while FireWire provides a ton of power over a single cable.
Most dimwits simply read the theoretical Intel spec and talk out their ass like you are. Others actually use both technologies and KNOW what the fuck they’re talking about like myself.
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When a Firewire 3200 external device is plugged into a firewire 400 or 800 port, will it get the 3200 performance speed or the 400/800 performance speed? Thank you.