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 Basics

FireWire Technology - 47

• A physically small thin serial cable - replaces today's 

bulky and expensive interfaces 

• Easy to use - no need for terminators, device IDs, 

screws, or complicated set-ups 

• Hot pluggable - devices can be added and removed while 

the bus is active 

• Scalable - the Standard defines 100, 200, and 400 

Mbps devices and can support the multiple speeds on a 

single bus 

• Flexible - the Standard supports freeform daisy 

chaining and branching for peer-to-peer 

implementations 

• Fast, guaranteed bandwidth - the Standard supports 

guaranteed delivery of time critical data which enables 

smaller buffers (lower cost) 

• Non-proprietary - no licensing problems, adoption is 

encouraged