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SIIG, Inc. Announces New Line FireWire 800 Products
(Fremont, California; May 28, 2003) SIIG, the market leader in I/O connectivity products (including 1394 FireWire?, USB, serial/parallel ports, etc.) is proud to announce their new family of FireWire 800 (also known as 1394b) products.
Improved Performance & Capacity
FireWire 800 is the next generation of 1394 FireWire technology, replacing the current 1394a standard. This next generation offers data transfer speeds of up to 800 Mbps (twice the speed of 1394a) and is backward compatible. FireWire 800 offers a number of improvements, including:
- • More efficient – new arbitration control termed BOSS (Bus Owner Supervisor/Selector) transmits data packets more efficiently, using less network bandwidth. New advanced data encoding based on codes used by Gigabit Ethernet & Fiber Channel (called 8B10B) produces less signal distortion.
- • Improved cabling – unshielded twisted pair CAT-5, Plastic Optical Fiber (POF), hard polymer clad fiber (HPCF, & shielded twisted pair STP).
- • Increased cable length (up to 100 meters vs. 4.5 meters with 1394a)
- • Future scalability (future generations already planned at 1.6 Gb/sec & 3.2 Gb/sec)
SIIG’s initial FireWire 800 (1394b) product offering includes three PCI-based adapter cards. The FireWire 800 DV Kit (SIIG part # NN-831012, MSRP $89.99) is a 32-bit PCI adapter that includes 2 external 1394b (9-pin) and 1 external 1394a (6-pin) ports, DV editing software (Ulead VideoStudio 7.0 DVD Edition), and a 6-pin to 4-pin DV cable. The FireWire 800 PCI-32T(SIIG part # NN-830112, MSRP $69.99) is a full-profile 32-bit PCI adapter that includes 2 external 1394b (9-pin) and 1 external 1394a (6-pin) ports, this allows user to easily connect current 1394a devices and upgrade to the latest in FireWire in one card. Lastly, the FireWire 800 M-64 (SIIG part # NN-83M012, MSRP $89.99) is a cross-platform 64-bit PCI adapter designed for both PC and Mac systems and includes 3 external 1394b ports (9-pin), a 9-pin to 9-pin 1394b cable, and a 1394b 9-pin to 6-pin adapter (to use with 1394a devices).
Future FireWire 800 Products
As with all of SIIG’s product families, plans are to extend the FireWire 800 product family to include many different configurations and solutions for computer users. Upcoming products will include CardBus adapters, drives enclosures, and much more.
As Dolly Chao, SIIG’s Director of Sales and Marketing, states, “SIIG is known for offering one of the widest selections of FireWire solutions available from one vendor and this philosophy will continue with our FireWire 800 family. We are excited to offer these products to our customers and guarantee the same quality and reliability that SIIG is known for. As with all SIIG products, our FireWire 800 family will be backed by an industry leading five-year warranty.”
