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Demand for such a converter is strong, but it comes from a tiny niche group of users so small that developing such a thing isn't cost effective (if it was, commodity Windows laptops would still have IEE1394 ports or include Thunderbolt). You're not seeing such a converter for several marketing reasons, aside from any technical hurdles. If anybody knows of any place at all that sells such a device, regardless of how much it costs, please post a link to the website in a reply to this post.
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Maybe I'm looking only at stores dedicated to selling consumer level devices, but I should be looking at online stores that sell professional level devices instead, if I am to find a USB 3.0 to Firewire 400 converter.
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Of course, maybe I'm just looking in all the wrong places. Despite the fact that it is technologically possible now, I see no such products for sale. Therefore, it is now possible to manufacture a USB 3.0 to Firewire 400 converter.
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However, with the invention of USB 3.0, it is now possible to have USB devices that communicate just as fast as Firewire devices (at least if you are talking about the older Firewire 400 standard, as I think the newer Firewire 800 standard is faster than USB 3.0).
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This is because the protocols that the two interfaces work with are incompatible.
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Do you have a Firewire device and want to connect it to a Mac or PC with a USB port? Then you have a challenge ahead of you, which unfortunately cannot be solved so easily with an adapter.