FireWire System Architecture

The FireWire standard makes a host of applications feasible for mainstream PCs by providing a highway for rich digital data streams with transfer rates of up to 400-Mbps. It provides an interface for data intensive peripherals such as digital video cameras, and should match or exceed the port expansion, hot-puggability, and plug and play aspects of USB. A comprehensive technical guide to IEEE 1394 standard, this text describes the FireWire specification and dscusses in detail the architecture, features, and operations of systems built using the FireWire bus.