Comment Re:Really...this IS FUD. (Score 2) 365
Your correlation just doesn't make sense for several reasons.
1) Firewire is a growing technology. More and more devices are being developed to take advantage of it. (That is not happening with SCSI)
2) Consumer Electronics are already incorporating or very soon will incorprate Firewire as their primary communication method.
Total cost to Intel for installing Firewire on the Motherboard in their standard chipset would be under $1, not counting the ASICs.
Per port cost of firewire are very low. Firewire is dramtically cheaper than SCSI because it only uses 6 wires and a very small connection standard. (The unpowered variety- called i-link by Sony only uses 4, omitting the Power lines, and is considerably smaller)
Texas Instruments is shipping millions of PHY and Host Controllers that are the only two chips needed for Firewire. Together they can be had for under $20 and that is with all the "fees" paid.
The 1394b spec is in the works which will have provisions for 800Mb/sec, 1600Mb/sec, 2400Mb/sec and maybe even 3200Mb/sec.
Firewire is here to stay, no matter what INTEL tries to say or do.
1) Firewire is a growing technology. More and more devices are being developed to take advantage of it. (That is not happening with SCSI)
2) Consumer Electronics are already incorporating or very soon will incorprate Firewire as their primary communication method.
Total cost to Intel for installing Firewire on the Motherboard in their standard chipset would be under $1, not counting the ASICs.
Per port cost of firewire are very low. Firewire is dramtically cheaper than SCSI because it only uses 6 wires and a very small connection standard. (The unpowered variety- called i-link by Sony only uses 4, omitting the Power lines, and is considerably smaller)
Texas Instruments is shipping millions of PHY and Host Controllers that are the only two chips needed for Firewire. Together they can be had for under $20 and that is with all the "fees" paid.
The 1394b spec is in the works which will have provisions for 800Mb/sec, 1600Mb/sec, 2400Mb/sec and maybe even 3200Mb/sec.
Firewire is here to stay, no matter what INTEL tries to say or do.
