Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 17:29:19 -0500 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com> Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc. Message-ID: <l03110700b00d55382290@[208.2.87.4]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970805152517.8867A-100000@dot.ishiboo.com> References: <13538.870815993@verdi.nethelp.no>
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At 4:41 PM -0500 8/5/97, Atipa wrote: >On Tue, 5 Aug 1997 sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > >> > Any news on the following high-demand technologies? >> > >> > Universal Serial Bus (USB) >> > http://www.usb.org (503)264-0590 >> > Modular, _Powered_ I/O w/ neato hubs >> > 12Mbit/sec, up to 127 devices >> >> Just where did you see this high demand for USB? I sure haven't noticed >> it. > >It has very good potential. At 120k bytes per frame and 30 frames/sec, I don't think USB is fast enough for the Digital Video Camera sitting here on my desk. It runs on IEEE 1394 (Firewire) which is already shipping 200Mbit/sec and soon to go to 400 and 800Mbit/sec. Like USB, it has simple cabling, power, etc. The networking seems extremely swift (I haven't really benchmarked it) But only 63 devices per segment :-( Move over PCI buss. You're slowing us down.
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