Rarely a week passes without news of some potential solution to the formidable task of streaming HD-quality video around a home. Pulse~Link, for several tears, has touted its flavor of UWB technology ...

Interoperability-defined as the ability of two machines to communicate with each other in a meaningful way-is one of the trickiest challenges in engineering an effective product. It's tough enough ...

Targeting the higher bandwidth, longer cables, and new applications associated with next-generation IEEE 1394 technologies, the 1394b line of sockets and cables promise reliable data transfers. The ...

Dolby and Texas Instruments today let loose that they have jointly sponsored the design and development of a device that allows consumers to easily connect PCs with 1394 connectors to their home ...

High-quality multimedia sources and sinks require a high-bandwidth bus for transport. FireWire (or IEEE 1394, its generic designation) is just such a special-purpose bus. IEEE 1394 is a hardware and ...

To realize the total speed and flexibility offered by the 1394 bus, designers must master working at the PHY and Link layers. Convergence, or the merging of applications, features, and functions, has ...