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The 1394 Trade Association has announced a new specification to increase the speed of FireWire to 3.2 gigabits per second.

The new electrical specification, known as S3200, based the IEEE 1394b standard, preserving all the advantages of FireWire while offering an unprecedented boost in performance.

The new specification uses the same cables and connectors used by FireWire 800, due to the the 1394 arbitration, data, and service protocols were not modified for S3200.