The facts about FireWire

  • Authors:
  • Igrid J. Wickelgren

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Spectrum
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

Aimed today at consumer electronics applications, the author describes FireWire, a fast, cheap, self-configuring serial bus which may eventually consign parallel buses to the scrap heap of history. Flexibility and ease of use are among the bus's strongest points. A device may be plugged into any other conveniently located device-whether energised or not-just so long as no closed loops are formed