The New Board of the 1394 Trade Association

The new board of the 1394 Trade Association includes:

• Peter Helfet of Ecqologic, who will serve as vice chair
• Rainer Gutzmer of Hella Aglaia GmbH
• Dave Thompson of LSI, who returns as secretary
• Don Harwood of Oxford Semiconductor, finance chair
• Richard Mourn of Quantum Parametrics,
• Morten Lave of TC Applied Technologies,
• Toni Long of Texas Instruments, who is the new documents editor for 2009, and
• Max Bassler, Littlefuse, who is the new chairman.

The board includes significant international participation in the 1394 Trade Association.

Despite the current economic slowdown, the 1394 Trade Association expects continued strong growth for FireWire-equipped products in multiple markets this year, including computing and storage, automotive, industrial, instrumentation and consumer electronics.

The 1394 Trade Association is a worldwide organization dedicated to the advancement of the IEEE 1394 standard. The 1394TA, which is led by multinationals such as Apple, Fujitsu, Microsoft, Molex, Panasonic, Texas Instruments, and others, has entered its 15th year of promoting 1394. FireWire is used today in computer, entertainment, and professional products, and in a wide range of specialty applications such as music, defense, aerospace, industrial, and robotics products.