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Consumer Electronic specifies low-cost high increase of usage of POF as one of the transmission media
The recent completion of the 1394b standard - which increases the distance between nodes of the existing 1394 standard from 4.5 meters to 100 meters, and increases speeds from 400Mbps and eventually to 3.2Gbps - specifies a low-cost high increase of usage of POF as one of the transmission media(50 meters at speeds of 200Mbps). Sony and other Japanese firms are leading the charge to increase the usage of POF for video games and video cameras using 1394 interfaces. In the US, Apple Computer is promoting 1394 through its trade name "FireWire".IGIG forecasts the number of 1394 capable devices to grow from 700 million in 2007 to 1 million by 2010. This could be a remendous market for POF if only a small share is realized.
