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SIIG, Inc. Announces New Line of Serial ATA Controllers
FireWire® Leader SIIG Ships 1394 3-Port PCI
(Fremont, California; October 11, 1999) SIIG, Inc., a leading manufacturer of I/O and controller boards, is now shipping its latest 1394 FireWire® product, the 1394 3-Port PCI. This aggressively priced (estimated street price of $79) product is designed for use with the latest in DV video camcorders, utilizing FireWire® technology (also known as 1394 or i.LinkTM), allowing users to capture footage from their DV camcorders to their personal computers.
Increased Speeds
The 1394 3-Port PCI, using the same 1394 PCI-OHCI adapter card (with 3 external FireWire ports), offers customers the ability to connect up to 63 IEEE-1394 devices connected in a chain through its 3 external ports. The IEEE-1394 ports operate at speeds of up to 400 megabits/second (50 megabytes/second), and much like USB are hot-swappable (allowing devices to be connected/disconnected without powering down the system). IEEE-1394 devices currently include DV camcorders, digital still cameras, disk drives, and are expected to include removable storage devices, scanners, printers, and a wide variety of Audio/Video products.
