Anaheim, CA – March 28, 2001 – Visitors flocked to the 1394 Trade Association booth during demo hours, playing with the newest technology. The booth, located near the front entrance, featured an impressive roster of electronics-manufacturing leaders.

The 1394 Trade Association participating companies included Texas Instruments, Agere (Lucent), Philips Semiconductors, Molex, Zayante, Vivid Logic, ProComp Informatics USA, Newnex Tehcnology, Pinnacle Systems and Phoenix Technologies. Many of the show’s 1200 attendees made the stop at the 1394 demos, including several top editors from the leading electronics, hardware and software publications in the U.S. and Japan.

Each year, large companies come together with mid-sized organizations and start-ups at WinHEC to show off the latest 1394/FireWire products. 1394 continues to outpace any other bus technology in supplying fast, reliable, easy-to-use convergence capabilities linking consumer and computer technology. The success at WinHEC bodes well for the future of the 1394 standard as it prepares to move to the 800 Megabit/second level."