OT: 3.2Gbps Firewire

[Mark Maness]

Maybe on the IoHD 2.

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Wayne Carey
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[Aaron Neitz]

I imagine while the ports stay the same, you’ll need upgraded busses and higher quality cabling than exists now.

It would be nice to have a fast consumer transport so we can forgo expensive fibre channel interfaces for uncompressed HD. You’ll still need some pretty speedy and robust drive arrays though.

[Chris Borjis]

[Aaron Neitz] “It would be nice to have a fast consumer transport so we can forgo expensive fibre channel interfaces for uncompressed HD.”

I can’t wait! 🙂

[Arnie Schlissel]

This could be exceedingly cool! If we’re all lucky, we’ll only need a firmware upgrade. Even if we need to install a FW3200 card, it could still be very good for us. The odds are that FW3200 would be cheaper than eSATA or SAS.

Arnie
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[Sean Oneil]

[Arnie Schlissel] “FW3200 would be cheaper than eSATA”

??? FW800 isn’t even cheaper than eSATA.

[Sam Zimman]

it would have a larger install basis if Apple started putting it on all their new computers. that’s the main reason I have FW800, because I can move my drive to many different computers without have to take a PCIX and/or PCIe card with me.

I doubt it will be a firmware upgrade. I think it is going to be live USB1 vs USB2. everything looks the same, but it’s more robust on the inside.

[Sean Oneil]

Don’t forget USB 3.0 will be coming out too.

[Pxlmvr]

Concerning the question of need for newer cables and connectors, the article says:

“There is a very clear migration path from 800Mbps to 3.2Gbps, with no need for modifications to the standard and no requirement for new cables or connectors.”

A *very* nice feature.