Firewire


 * Firewire

Firewire was originally made by Apple Computer™**


 * FireWire, uses a "Peer-to-Peer" architecture in which the peripherals are** **intelligent and can negotiate bus conflicts to determine which device can best** **control a data transfer** **Its faster, even though it’s average speed is 80mbps less then the USB 2.0. Its** **architecture is helps the speed by a lot.** **Hi-Speed USB 2.0 uses a "Master-Slave" architecture in which the computer** **handles all negotiation functions and declares data flow to, from and between** **the attached peripherals.

READ TEST RESULTS ( time it takes for a computer to read information off of a Firewire EHD ( external hard drive ) ) :**


 * READ TEST: 5000 files (300 MB total) FireWire was 33% faster than USB 2.0** **160 files (650MB total) FireWire was 70% faster than USB 2.0**
 * WRITE TEST:5000** **files (300 MB total) FireWire was 16% faster than USB 2.0** **160 files (650MB total) FireWire was 48% faster than USB 2.0**