[clug] USB 2.0 vs Firewire CPU overhead query.

Tomasz Ciolek tmc at dreamcraft.com.au
Thu Dec 18 22:05:05 GMT 2003


On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 08:34:29AM +1100, Telek, John wrote:
> Is it true that there is more CPU overhead with usb than firewire ?

Whats the source of that statement??

Firewire can be more power hungry, because by default it provides a
power bus (most PC cards don't tho).

TMC

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