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• 2006, December -- 1394b WHQL Testing Announced

• 2004, October -- 1394b Featured in new cameras unveiled at Vision 2004 (Read More...)

• 2003, January 7th -- 1394 Trade Association Cites First FireWire 800 Hard Drives as Kickoff to New Era in Consumer, Computer, Peripheral Connectivity
  
  -- MacWorld 2003 Product Introductions Demonstrate Industry's Optimal Audio-Video Connectivity, as New Version of 1394 Goes Commercial -- 
  
  Dallas, Texas, Jan. 7, 2003 - Leaders of the 1394 Trade Association today said the arrival of the first computer and storage products built with the new ultra high speed FireWire 800 multimedia bus offers consumers the industry's best-ever audio-video connectivity, and sets the stage for a new, exciting era of networking based on the enhanced IEEE 1394b standard. (Read More...)

• 1394a and 1394b White Paper from the 1394TA (PDF)

• Overview Presentation (4 Mb PDF file)

• IEEE Approves Amendment to IEEE 1394™ Standard for High-Speed Serial Buses Allowing Gigabit Signaling IEEE-SA, 2 April 2002
  

• IEEE 1394b: Faster, Longer and Simpler Electronic News, 02 July 2001
  
  

• 2001, May 21st -- 1394 Trade Association Introduces Newest Version of the 1394 Multimedia Standard; Adds Bandwidth, Distance, New Arbitration
  
  1394b Specification to Complete Final Ballot Recirculation This Month.
  
  The 1394 Trade Association today introduced the new 1394b specification, the updated version of the industry’s most important multimedia bus. Read More...