FREE MEMBERSHIP - Create your personalized Bitpipe Service!  Members: Sign in 
Search Bitpipe: 
Hardware  >   Electronic Components  >   Discrete Component Interconnection  >   Buses  >  

IEEE 1394 High-Performance Serial Buses

RSS Feed    Add to Google    Add to My Yahoo!
ALSO CALLED: HPSB, High Performance Serial Bus, High Speed Serial Bus, i.LINK, FireWire
DEFINITION: FireWire is Apple Computer's version of a standard, IEEE 1394, High Performance Serial Bus, for connecting devices to your personal computer. FireWire provides a single plug-and-socket connection on which up to 63 devices can be attached with data transfer speeds up to 400 Mbps (megabits per second). The standard describes a serial bus or pathway between one or more peripheral devices and your computer's  … 
Definition continues below.
IEEE 1394 High-Performance Serial Buses Multimedia (View All Report Types)
2 Matches
Podcast: PCI Express extender approach to I/O virtualization
sponsored by Dell Compellent
PODCAST: In this podcast, George Crump, lead analyst for Storage Switzerland, discusses using PCIe bus extenders to implement I/O virtualization. Find out about PCIe bus extenders' advantages and disadvantages for users, the necessary steps, requirements to implementing them, and more. Listen to this podcast to learn more.
Posted: 23 Sep 2011 | Premiered: 23 Sep 2011

Dell Compellent

Storage and hardware factors for Windows Server 2008 R2
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
PODCAST: This podcast explores the key features of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V. Find out how this technology compares to its predecessor and gain insight into the benefits you can expect to achieve from using Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows 7.
Posted: 31 Aug 2010 | Premiered: 31 Aug 2010

Dell and Microsoft
2 Matches
 
IEEE 1394 HIGH-PERFORMANCE SERIAL BUSES DEFINITION (continued): …  microprocessor. Many peripheral devices now come equipped to meet IEEE 1394. FireWire and other IEEE 1394 implementations provide:A simple common plug-in serial connector on the back of your computer and on many different types of peripheral devicesA thin serial cable rather than the thicker parallel cable you now use to your printer, for exampleA very high-speed rate of data transfer that will accommodate multimedia applications (100 and 200 megabits per second today; with much higher rates later) Hot-plug and plug and play capability without disrupting your computerThe ability to chain devices … 
IEEE 1394 High-Performance Serial Buses definition sponsored by SearchNetworking.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
Home | About Us | Contact Us | Advertise with Us | Partner with Us | Site Index
TechTarget provides enterprise IT professionals with the information they need to perform their jobs - from developing strategy, to making cost-effective IT purchase decisions and managing their organizations' IT projects - with its network of technology-specific Web sites, events and magazines

Definitions: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other   TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media
TechTarget Corporate Web Site  |   Media Kits  




All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2000 - 2012, TechTarget | Read our Privacy Statement