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Maxtor unveils 'FireWire 800' concept drive
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
January 8th 2003
Firewire development picks up speed as third-parties announce new wares
Maxtor is demonstrating an innovative IEEE FireWire 800 (FireWire2, IEEE 1394b,
iLink2[?]) concept drive at MWSF. The concept design is built around a Maxtor 7200RPM,
200GB drive with 8MB cache to leverage the transfer rate of the new interface. The new
design stands on display at the Maxtor booth (2248) for viewing.
"FireWire 800, based on IEEE 1394b, is the newest version of the industry's multimedia
bus, with significant bandwidth, speed, distance and overall performance
improvements," said James Snider, executive director, 1394 Trade Association.
"FireWire 800 is the ideal choice for home networking applications, and for a new
generation of computer peripherals. It will supplement the original 1394-1995 and
1394a specifications, and lead to expanded adoption of the multimedia standard in many
new applications."
"The FireWire 800 concept technology design by Maxtor exemplifies our commitment to
the Mac community to continue to introduce next generation drives, with innovative
technologies for today's consumers," stated Mike Cordano, executive VP, worldwide
sales and marketing, Maxtor. "This Maxtor design concept, incorporating the FireWire
800 interface, signifies the growth and progression of the industry as well as the
increasing demands for speed and performance in the marketplace."
"The existing FireWire technology already has tremendous support from numerous
developers with a wide variety of products," said Ron Okamoto, vice president,
worldwide developer relations, the mothership. "With the introduction of Maxtor's
FireWire 800 concept drive, we're pleased to see developers already aggressively
adopting the latest update to this exciting technology with new and innovative
products."
Previously, IGM has reported on IEEE 1394b product development at MacPower, as well as
SmartDisk's early announcement of FireWire2 drives.
Lastly, check today's report by Remy on the growing list of announced FireWire2
products out or ready to hit the streets.
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