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Source: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000515/ca_ricoh_c_1.ht
Ricoh Introduces Technological Breakthrough with World's First High Speed CD-RW Discs and Drives with 10X Writing/Rewriting Capabilities TUSTIN, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh Company's Disc Media and Systems Center (DMS-C) Division today announced the technological development of "RICOH CD-RW 74 minute 10X media'' The world's fastest CD-RW disc. Ricoh has developed this new disc compatible with writing/rewriting speeds of 4x to 10x to conform with the most recent version of the CD-RW standard, Orange Book Part III, Volume 2, Ver. 1.0. Simultaneously, Ricoh DMS announced it has developed a multi-function drive that records CD-RW at 10X. Announcements on both products will follow pending general availability sometime during the second quarter. The recently established new CD-RW standard Orange Book Part III, Volume 2, Ver. 1.0 allows writing and rewriting of 4x to 10x to meet the needs of higher speed CD writing and rewriting. (The existing Orange Book Part III, Volume 1, Ver. 2.0 enables 1x, 2x, and 4x writing/rewriting.) |
