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Introduction
Introduction of the ION™ Drive’s Underlying Technology
FireWire ® 800 and Hi-Speed USB 2.0 are the backbone of our ION™ Drive. USB 2.0 is the next generation
in USB connectivity, providing additional bandwidth; thus, broadening the range of peripherals that may be
attached to your computers. USB 2.0 will move data at the blazing rate of 480 Mbps (Megabits per second),
and is backward compatible with the first generation of USB 1.1 devices. With this increase in speed, USB
2.0 offers speed, allowing more devices to share the increased bandwidth.
With the increase in demand for USB 2.0 products, IOGEAR ® decided to provide its customers with a total
solution. We have taken some of the top peripherals on the market and upgraded them to the new USB 2.0
standard.
The advantage of FireWire can be summed up in three words: speed, speed and more speed! At 800Mbps,
FireWire
® 800 has more than double the usable bandwidth of USB 2.0, which makes it the perfect choice
for high-speed storage and serious video capture. The extra speed of FireWire
®
800 over USB 2.0 makes
FireWire much more suitable for bandwidth-intensive applications like video and graphics, which often
consume hundreds or even thousands of megabytes of data per file. For instance, single hour of DV-format
video consumes roughly 13 thousand megabytes (13 GB).
Today’s connectivity standards are faster and easier to use than ever. Moving data at the blazing speed of
800Mbps and 480Mbps these allow high-speed devices to take full advantage of the bandwidth and reliabil-
ity offered by these new technologies.