The IEEE has approved the new FireWire 2008 specification, which will include the S1600 and S3200 standards, running at 1.6Gbps and 3.2Gbps each. The new IEEE 1394 flavors will use the same connectors ...

In today's news, the IEEE has approved the new FireWire 2008 specification, which will include the S1600 and S3200 standards, running at 1.6Gbps and 3.2Gbps each. The new IEEE 1394 standards will use ...

The Mac Pro is about due for another update, and while Steve Jobs has pretty explicitly ruled out Blu-Ray support in any foreseeable Mac refreshes, the sometimes-reliable French rumor site Hard Mac ...

FireWire data transfer speeds seem set to double, thanks to a new chipset that has been announced this week by developing company, Symwave. While there’s no immediate plans to implement it in the Mac ...

While FireWire 800 gear is still pretty rare and we've only seen one piece of FireWire 1600 kit, the IEEE is still pushing the standard forward -- it's just approved the 1394-2008 spec, which includes ...

The 1394 Trade Association is already talking up FireWire S3200, but Symwave is taking baby steps, demonstrating a 1.6Gbps system known as S1600 (shocking) that's backwards-compatible with FireWire ...

Earlier this week the IEEE 1394 Trade Association licensed the FireWire logo and trademark from Apple. From this point forward the Trade Association will refer to IEEE 1394 as FireWire. The Trade ...

The SW3160 FirePHY-1600 is said to be the industry’s first IEEE 1394b FireWire S1600 PHY chip. The 2-GHz clock speed IC targets data transfer rates up to 1.6 Gbits/s, The IC supports 45 W power over ...

During Tuesday’s keynote address, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced two new technologies on the new 17-inch PowerBook that should give users more bandwidth for wireless networking and FireWire than ever ...