As the CDR-Info press representative at CEBIT informed us:
..."Sanyo gave the full specifications for the new 24x drives she is about to release. Both CRD-BP1500 (ATAPI) and CRD-BP5 (SCSI) models will feature 24x write, 10x re-write and 40x read speeds. Their writing buffer is 2MB and the access time is 130msec.The CRD-BP5 model will have a SCSI 3 connection and the The CRD-BP5 model will have a SCSI 3 connection and the drives support the Burn Proof technology, as expected..."

The recording speed race in full progress … NULL