Penguin4x4
01-10-2003, 02:03 PM
Firewire - Now at 100 MB/s!
http://a992.g.akamai.net/7/992/51/93b28da05d3103/www.apple.com/firewire/pdf/FireWire_Tech_Brief-a.pdf
:stick: :banana: :smileysex :toast: :hehe: :slapass: :slash: :frag: :flame:
snn47
01-26-2003, 02:11 AM
Yes strange that it wasn't picked up by any site so far outside McWorld. I am wondering why no one post's this news, while everyone talks about SATA n for which no drives purchaseable.
I just quote the details I posted at http://www.lostcircuits.com/discus/
HardDisks: and some other Forums
Firewire 800MB/s 100m cable length out, who needs USB 2.0 now :toast: :banana:
Bridgechip now is Oxford 922, which should replace the "old" Oxford 911 for which peak transfer of 35MB/s were meassured.
Cable length increased to 100m from 4,5m
Can Intel counter with something like USB 3.0 and covince consumers ?
The bridgechip contains also USB 2.0 support and allows PC peer to peer
DESCRIPTION from the Oxford 922
The OXUF922 is a combined USB2.0 and 1394B bridge to
any IDE device or DMA based SRAM architecture.
Optimised for performance the OXUF922 has a flexible
ARM7 embedded processor, which can be programmed for
next generation Computer Peripheral and Consumer
Applications.
· 1394B and USB2.0 PC and Apple Storage Devices for
HDD, DVD, CD, CF and Tape or Dual LUN
Combinations of the above.
· Consumer Appliance (STB, PVR) Storage solutions
for HDD and DVD.
· Digital Camera Companions
· Digital Camcorder Storage Devices
· Advanced Compressed Audio Players (MP3)
· Printers and Scanners
· 1394B Raid Array with UART Back-channel monitor
support.
The embedded ARM7TDMI processor enables a new set
of innovative products to be supported through custom
firmware development. Program code can be programmed
‘In-System’ through the 1394 port simplifying manufacture.
The 1394 Link supports A, B or Beta Phys and is fully
backward compatible with earlier 1394 standards. The
Link interface supports data rates up to S800 (800Mb/s)
and has a rich complement of 1394 second layer
functionality.
The OXUF922 fully supports 1394 Peer-To-Peer operation
enabling PC-less communication over the 1394 Bus for file
copying or manipulation. In addition the OXUF922 is
backward compatible with the Oxford FW900 and FW911
enabling a limited Peer-To-Peer operation by SBP2
mastering the 1394 bus.
The OXUF922 has an ORB data accelerator which, without
processor intervention, significantly increases the
performance of the bridge device when transferring many
small files.
snn47