DigiTimes reports that CD-ROM drives still account for 42% of worldwide shipments, more than CD-ReWriteable drives and DVD-ROM drives:
CD-ROM drives will account for 42% of the estimated 188 million worldwide shipments of computer drives this year, followed by 30% for CD-RW drives and 19% for DVD-ROM drives, according to the Taiwan-based Photonics Industry and Technology Development Association (PIDA). |
Taiwan's disc makers will account for 46% of CD-ROM drive shipments, 44% of CD-RW drive shipments and 32% of DVD-ROM drive shipments, PIDA said.
Free-on-board (FOB) unit quotes for CD-RW drives are expected to fall to around US$51 this year and US$38 in 2003, down from US$77 on average in 2001. Shipments will grow only marginally next year to 58.56 million units from 56 million predicted for this year, according to PIDA.
Personally I don't have a CD-ROM in my computer anymore since CD-Writers are nowadays just as fast as normal CD-ROMs and usually better readers anyway...
Source: DigiTimes
