Ultima Taiwan announced a new high speed USB 2.0 external combo CD-RW drive, supporting 52x CD write, 24x CD rewrite, 52x CD read,and 16x DVD read. Specifications:

- Reading Speed:
DVD : 16x, 21600 KB/s (Max)
CD : 52X , 7800 KB/s (Max)
- Recording Speed:
CD-R 52x; 7800 KB/s (Max)
CD-RW 24x; 3600 KB/s (Max)
- Supporting Formats Read:
CD : CD-DA audio, CD-ROM, Multisession / Multi Volume-CD-ROM XA or CD-I, MultiMedia-CD-ROM / XA or CD-I, ( Compressed Audio, Video, graphics, Tracks 2-99)
DVD : DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10, DVD-18, DVD-Video
- Recording Modes:
Track at once, Disc at once, Incremental packet writing (MRW) and reading, Multisession Data, (Direct) overwrite on CD-ReWritable discs in all modes according Orange Book Part III Min, Buffer underrun prevention supported
- Writing Formats:
CD-DA, CD-ROM,CD-ROM XA, CD Extra, CD-I, Mixed-mode CD, VideoCD, PhotoCD, CD Text, Bootable CD
- Interface: USB 2.0 and backward compatible USB 1.1 / 1.0
- Buffer Memory: 2 MB
- Average Access: Time 90 ms , 120 ms
- Mounting Type: Horizontal (eject button right) / Vertical
- OS Compatibility: Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 and XP PC 99 compatibility
- Disc Capacity:
CD : 74 min 650MB / 80 min 730MB
DVD : 4.7 GB