[clug] USB 2.0 vs Firewire CPU overhead query.

[Simon Haddon]

Telek, John wrote:

>Is it true that there is more CPU overhead with usb than firewire ?
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>If so, why cant we have like a hardware enhaced usb that has it's own
>local memory and DMA support ???
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>The reason I ask is I have noticed that my USB/FW external drive seems a
>lot quicker when I use FW as opposed to USB 2.0.
>
Isn't the difference in speed to do with the I/O speed of USB verses 
FW.  I thought that FW could sustain a high data throughput speed in the 
vacinity of 400Meg/sec while USB was only in the region of about 
200Meg/sec.  I could be wrong and I am spouting from my memory so who knows.

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>  John
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