LaCie FireWire Drives to Sustain 35 MB/sec

"At NAB, LaCie unveiled a complete family of external hard drives that double the data throughput performance for low-cost ATAPI drives in the high-speed IEEE 1394 user environment. The 20GB, 45GB, 60GB and 75GB drives stream data to the computer at a sustained transfer rate of 35MB/s with burst performance to 45MB/s. Ideal for storing, exchanging and working on large files such as digital video, the new LaCie Fast FireWire eliminate quality and video frame loss. LaCie's new Fast FireWire controller is a 400 Mbps interface that is based on a 1394 to IDE/ATAPI bridge dual chipset. The LaCie Fast FireWire hard drives have a suggested retail price of $573 and will be available through authorized resellers in May."