According to sources Taiwanese optical drive
manufacturers may receive long-waited DVD+RW loaders from the Japanese Ricoh
company later this month. This is important for Taiwanese manufactures like
AOpen to begin volume production of DVD+RW drives:
 AOpen
and Ultima Electronics, both Taiwanese optical storage drive makers, have
decided to adopt Ricoh loaders for their DVD+RW drives. With the DVD
loaders secured this month, AOpen expects to start volume production of
DVD+RW drives in the second quarter of this year, while Ultima plans to
follow suit in the third quarter, sources said.
Meanwhile, Mustek Systems, a
Taiwanese PC peripherals maker, also expects to launch two DVD recorder
models with a platform jointly provided by Ricoh and US-based Cirrus
Logic. While Ricoh expects to provide the loader, Cirrus Logic will supply
analog-digital converters and digital signal processors (DSPs), sources
said. |
Volume production of DVD+RW is, in general, scheduled for the third quarter of this year if there is a
sufficient supply of key components.
Source: DigiTimes
