CDRInfo.com schrijft dat we nog dit jaar 16x compatible 650MB CD-R schijfjes kunnen verwachten van het Koreaanse SKC. Volgens de geruchten zal Yamaha als eerste een 16x brander op de markt brengen waardoor het schrijven van een dergelijke CD slechts 4 en een halve minuut duurt .
"...SKC Co., Ltd. of Korea said it has independently developed a 16x CD-Recordable unit with a capacity of 650MB to be marketed this year. It takes only 4 minutes and 38 seconds to write 650MB data on the unit.
Through the development, SKC has narrowed the technology gap with international companies and secured a foothold to compete in the storage media business, including DVD units later, the company said. The CD-R market is growing at an annual rate of 20 percent to 4.5 billion units worldwide, and is mostly dominated by Japanese and Taiwanese companies.
SKC maintains a leading position in the optical media storage business in Korea, and it plans to move into foreign markets more aggressively with the aim of becoming an international producer of storage media goods..."