Michael Hale

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Michael Hale
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What is It?

• Data transport standard
• 2 pairs of twisted wires, 2 extra wires for
  power.
• 400 Mbps 3.2 Gbps

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What is It?

• 63 devices per chain
• Over 1000 chains together via a Bridge
• Isochronous Data transfer
• Arbitration
• Bus Owner Supervision Selector (BOSS)

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Competition

• SCSI
• similar speeds
• No power
• limited devices
• Ethernet
• speeds
• chaining
• exclusive to networks

• USB
• slower
• No daisy chains

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Future

• ATM Networks
• Digital Televisions
• All digital households

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Questions