1394 Trade Association — 1 prefix (MA-L)

A MAC address beginning 00:A0:2D was assigned to the 1394 Trade Association, the industry consortium that promoted the IEEE 1394 ("FireWire") serial bus standard, and it does not map to a specific consumer device class because the registrant is a standards body rather than a hardware manufacturer.

The 1394 Trade Association is a well-documented, multi-decade industry group: formed in 1994, reported at one point to have roughly 170 member companies, with a named 2010 board of directors drawn from Texas Instruments, LSI, and Littelfuse, and a formal no-fee trademark license for the "FireWire" name from Apple. Trade press coverage spans 1995 through at least 2013, including automotive and aerospace standards work.

A second, related IEEE assignment — IEEE 1394c, OUI 00:19:0D — lists its address as "c/o 1394 Trade Association," but under a different registrant name and a different city (Southlake, TX, versus the 1394 Trade Association's own Austin, TX registration). It is treated here as a related but distinct registration, not as additional prefix space owned by this entry.

The organization's current operational status could not be confirmed as of an August 2026 check. A directory profile lists it as active, but the domain historically cited as its website (1394ta.org) now serves unrelated commercial content with no reference to IEEE 1394 or FireWire, and a legacy content path on that domain returns HTTP 404.

No device or product has been found that ships specifically with this prefix, and no CVE or security advisory ties to this registrant or OUI as of an August 2026 search. General IEEE 1394 protocol-level CVEs exist but are unrelated to this specific registration.

Device class

Unknown — the registrant is a standards/trade association, not a device manufacturer; no product or device has been found shipping with this prefix

Registrant name

1394 Trade Association (exact match in the IEEE registry)

Related registration

IEEE 1394c (00:19:0D) — different registrant name and city; not merged into this entry's prefix count

Also seen on

none confirmed

IEEE assignment

00:A0:2D → "1394 Trade Association", registered Austin, TX, US [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 00A02D

Registry / block size

MA-L (24-bit OUI); one IEEE prefix under this exact registrant name [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 00A02D. NOTE: IEEE's public OUI data publishes no assignment/registration date; any third-party "date registered" value (e.g. maclookup.app shows 1998-04-22 for this OUI) is a database artifact, not an IEEE fact.

HQ / country

3925 West Braker Lane, Austin, TX 78759, US (registry address) [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 00A02D

Company status

Unknown as of an August 2026 check — a directory profile lists the organization as "Active," but the domain historically cited as its website now serves unrelated commercial content and a legacy content path 404s [Unknown] — https://www.consortiuminfo.org/list/1394-high-performance-serial-bus-trade-association/, https://www.1394ta.org/ (direct fetch, August 2026)

Device types

Unknown — no consumer or industrial device found mapped to this specific prefix; the registrant is a standards body [Unknown] — no source found

Notable products

IEEE 1394 ("FireWire") serial bus standard; held a no-fee trademark license for the "FireWire" name from Apple [Confirmed] — https://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/1394_Trade_Association_Formally_Licenses_FireWire_Brand_Name_From_Apple

Company substance

multi-decade industry consortium, ~170 member companies reported, named 2010 board (Texas Instruments, LSI, Littelfuse), sustained trade-press coverage 1995–2013 [Confirmed] — https://connectorsupplier.com/company-profile/associations/1394-trade-association/, https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2010/02/04/new-board-for-1394-trade-association/, https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/news/2013/01/03/new-video-from-1394-trade-association-describes-benefits-of-high-speed-firewire-for-aviation-industrial-applications/1878/

Verified sample prefixes

00:A0:2D (only) [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 00A02D

Related-but-distinct registration

IEEE 1394c, OUI 00:19:0D, "c/o 1394 Trade Association," Southlake, TX — different registrant name and city; not counted as additional prefix space for this entry [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 00190D

Special note

the domain historically cited as the association's website (1394ta.org) now resolves to an unrelated commercial service, with a legacy content path returning HTTP 404 [Confirmed] — https://www.1394ta.org/ (direct fetch, August 2026), http://www.1394ta.org/press/Newsletters.html (direct fetch, August 2026, HTTP 404)

Security/CVE history

no CVE or advisory found tied to this registrant or OUI as of an August 2026 search; general IEEE 1394 protocol CVEs (e.g. CVE-2023-3159, CVE-2024-27401) are unrelated to this specific registration

[Confirmed] — https://www.mayhem.security/blog/finding-firewire-ieee-1394-vulnerabilities-cve-2023-3159-and-cve-2024-27401

Related vendors

IEEE 1394c (related registrant, distinct OUI 00:19:0D — not merged into this entry)

Analyst note

this OUI identifies the 1394 Trade Association's own registration and does not map to a specific consumer device class since the registrant is a standards body. Treat IEEE 1394c (00:19:0D) as a separate, related registration, not as additional space owned by the 1394 Trade Association.