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The leaders of the 1394 Trade Association said today that the arrival of the first computer and storage products built with the new ultra high Firewire 800 multimedia speed bus offers consumers the best connectivity industry audio-video history and preparing the stage for a new and exciting era of networking based on the higher standard IEEE 1394b.

product at the annual Conference in San Francisco MacWorld announcements came from Apple Computer, with its new PowerBook G4, with 17 wide screen and Firewire 800, Maxtor Corp., with its new concept Firewire 800 200 GB hard drive and LaCie, with its new line of desktop d2 Firewire 800 units, ranging from 200 GB to 500 GB.

All new products Firewire 800 based in 'b' of the IEEE 1394 standard, multimedia version developed by the 1394 Trade Association. 1394b offers speeds of 800 megabits per second, upgradeable to 1.6 Gigabit / second, and then to 3.2 gigabits per second. Also extends the distance the FireWire devices can send video and audio over 100 meters above the CAT-5 plastic fiber and other media.

"These first Firewire 800 signal the onset of a new era for 1394/FireWire products", said James Snider, executive director of the trade association. "In 800 megabits per second, we are driving data on desktops and notebooks to levels never before possible." Based on my conversations with industry experts, 2003 will be a strong year for consumer Firewire 800 and computer science, with significant growth expected in 2004 products. "Snider echoed the comments made by Ron Okamoto, vice President of Apple relationships with developers around the world, who said that Apple is pleased that the developers are asking for the adoption of the new Firewire 800 1394 specification version."

The company leaders Cité new generation of FireWire other leaders in the consumer and computing supports the benefits of the new 'b' version of IEEE 1394 and Firewire 800 products first.

"1394B standard is a technological breakthrough that enables secure, remote long-term, high-bandwidth in home and commercial environments with speeds of data in multiples of existing technologies connections, said Robert Perry, marketing director of Mitsubishi Electronics America, a pioneer in the television 1394 equipped technology. "Allowed the contents of high-definition videoconferencing and other multiple high-bandwidth connections, and is designed for streaming content, as well as TCP / IP." "" This performance is new and exciting along with traditional usability 1394.""Texas Instruments is pleased to allow new products Firewire 800 to 800 Mbps industry first device 1394b physical layer. We will continue to develop and deliver advanced technology 1394b. We are seeing a significant amount of interest of our customers and we hope that 2003 is a very strong year kick out for this new generation of FireWire ", said Julie Holland, Director solutions connectivity TI."

"Firewire 800 prepares the stage for a great leap in performance between the Macintosh platforms and peripherals, offering professionals power even more to get their creative ideas", said Dominique Battalier, director of LaCie products development. "922 Oxford Semiconductor chip bridge, a Texas Instruments S800 PHY and LaCie engineering experts offer users the fastest drive available hard-disk FireWire."

"Maxtor Corporation continues its leadership in the storage industry to stay at the forefront of innovative technologies such as Firewire 800", said Mike Cordano, Executive Vice President of worldwide sales and marketing of Maxtor.

Of the 1394 Trade Association the 1394 Trade Association is a global organization of consumer electronics, computer and peripheral products dedicated to the promotion and implementation of the IEEE 1394 standard leaders.

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