AGERE SYSTEMS INTRODUCES TRUEFIRE 1394B HOST
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:28 am
AGERE SYSTEMS INTRODUCES TRUEFIREâ„¢ 1394B HOST FOR IGNITING A NEW WAVE OF PC DESIGN CREATIVITY AND FASTER, MORE FEATURE-RICH CONNECTIVITY
• Product is First to Deliver PCI Express® Bus and 1394B Functions on One Chip • Enables Multimedia Streaming at Twice the Speed of 1394A • Chip Enables Maximum PC Design Flexibility By Occupying Minimal Space and Using Much Smaller PCI Express Bus
[quote]FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2006
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Agere Systems (NYSE: AGR) today delivered to market a chip aimed at igniting a new wave of PC and embedded system design creativity, as well as much faster, more feature-rich PC and embedded system connectivity. The FW643 chip—one-fourth the size of a U.S. dime—is the most integrated of its type ever produced.
A centerpiece of Agere’s TrueFIRE™ portfolio of products, the chip combines PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express bus and 1394B functions. Agere is the first company to make available a single chip integrating these two connectivity interfaces.
The PCI Express bus is rapidly becoming the underlying backbone inside a PC because it enables smaller, more cost-effective PC circuit board designs than the PCIâ„¢ bus, the previous-generation bus it is replacing. The PCI Express bus is less than one-sixth the width of the PCI bus.
1394B transports data, audio and video between computer and consumer electronics equipment at up to 800 Megabits per second (Mbits/s)—twice as fast as current 1394A 400 Mbits/s technology.
The chip’s unprecedented integration makes it possible for PC makers to lower silicon and system costs. The integration also gives these makers flexibility to design more varied sizes and shapes because they only need one chip instead of two, and because they use the much thinner PCI Express bus. Higher integration also improves overall power management and reduces the distance to route data, audio and video through PC systems.
Agere Systems will demonstrate this chip at the January 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (Room # 68526, Sands Convention Center).
“This chip could lead to some of the most creative PC designs ever made,â€
• Product is First to Deliver PCI Express® Bus and 1394B Functions on One Chip • Enables Multimedia Streaming at Twice the Speed of 1394A • Chip Enables Maximum PC Design Flexibility By Occupying Minimal Space and Using Much Smaller PCI Express Bus
[quote]FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2006
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Agere Systems (NYSE: AGR) today delivered to market a chip aimed at igniting a new wave of PC and embedded system design creativity, as well as much faster, more feature-rich PC and embedded system connectivity. The FW643 chip—one-fourth the size of a U.S. dime—is the most integrated of its type ever produced.
A centerpiece of Agere’s TrueFIRE™ portfolio of products, the chip combines PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express bus and 1394B functions. Agere is the first company to make available a single chip integrating these two connectivity interfaces.
The PCI Express bus is rapidly becoming the underlying backbone inside a PC because it enables smaller, more cost-effective PC circuit board designs than the PCIâ„¢ bus, the previous-generation bus it is replacing. The PCI Express bus is less than one-sixth the width of the PCI bus.
1394B transports data, audio and video between computer and consumer electronics equipment at up to 800 Megabits per second (Mbits/s)—twice as fast as current 1394A 400 Mbits/s technology.
The chip’s unprecedented integration makes it possible for PC makers to lower silicon and system costs. The integration also gives these makers flexibility to design more varied sizes and shapes because they only need one chip instead of two, and because they use the much thinner PCI Express bus. Higher integration also improves overall power management and reduces the distance to route data, audio and video through PC systems.
Agere Systems will demonstrate this chip at the January 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (Room # 68526, Sands Convention Center).
“This chip could lead to some of the most creative PC designs ever made,â€