Firewire: A great Apple technology
Firewire is a very fast peripheral standard, which is highly suitable for use with multimedia devices such as digital video cameras and other high-speed ones including the modern hard disk drives and printers. Firewire is integrated into iMacs, Power Macs, Mac Books, Mac Book Pros, eMacs, and the iPod. These devices have Firewire ports that are capable of operating at up to 400 megabits per second. The latest machines have Firewire ports that can support 1394b and operate at up to even 800 megabits per second.
A cross-platform implementation of the fast-speed serial bus, Firewire is defined by the IEEE 1394-1995, IEEE 1394a-2000, and IEEE 1394b standards. They can transfer a huge quantity of data between computers and peripheral devices. Nowadays most leading manufacturers of multimedia devices are opting for Apple’s Firewire technology because it can speed up the movement of multimedia data and large files and enables users to connect digital consumer products such as music systems, digital video tapes, digital camcorders, digital video disks, set-top boxes etc. directly to a personal computer without any difficulty.
Firewire implementations provide a simple plug-in serial connector on the back of your computer and on other peripheral devices; a thin serial cable instead of the thicker parallel cable you now use to your printer; a very fast data transfer rate that will accommodate multimedia applications; hot-plug and plug and play capability causing no disruption to your computer. Firewire cable technology was honored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 2001 for its impact on the television industry.
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