Digitimes reports that the company Aopen who has made a decent amount of CD-RW drives, but widely known for their CD-ROM drives, has announced it will start shipping slimline external CD-RW/DVD-ROM drives. The company has started the shipments this month.
The 24x combo drives, sold under AOpen's own brand, will initially offer an IEEE 1394 interface, with higher-speed versions offering dual 1394 and USB 2.0 interfaces due out in the next six months, according to AOpen. The company is also actively pursuing original equipment manufacturing (OEM) deals. |
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The prevalence of high-speed interfaces in notebooks is expected to spur demand for its thin, external combo line, AOpen said. Meanwhile, it has decided not to move into regular built-in products, citing difficulties in developing business with the market's limited number of large customers.
Source: Digitimes.com
