Is FireWire Still Burning?

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "1394 2008: Is FireWire Still Burning?" report (€2,789) to their offering.

IEEE 1394 (1394) is a high-speed serial bus found in PCs, PC peripherals, and consumer electronics (CE) devices. The technology is facing significant challenges in 2008. 1394 suffers from being the second choice technology in many product segments. 1394 market share in the PC market is shrinking, and is dwarfed by high-speed USB’s 100% penetration. This has helped high-speed USB to become the interface of choice for PC peripherals such as printers, scanners, and external hard disk drives.

In the CE segment, 1394 is being surpassed by HDMI as the digital interface of choice in digital televisions, set-top boxes, and DVD players. Even in markets where 1394 was very strong, such as digital camcorders, it is being challenged by high-speed USB. In the automotive segment, 1394 has been slow to market, and MOST is the dominant auto networking interface. In the industrial segment 1394 is found primarily in security and machine vision cameras.

This report contains analysis and five-year forecasts for all 1394-enabled products, breaking out each PC, PC peripheral, CE, automotive, or industrial application by penetration of 1394a and 1394b for each forecast year. Analysis is provided for all types of 1394, including 1394c and 1394 over Coax. Brief profiles of major 1394 silicon and IP suppliers are also provided.