Cebit 2001 Show
3. Afreey
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30. New super high capacity CD technology
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32. TEAC
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35. Yamaha
36. Yamaha Combines Speed and Stability in New CD-R/RW drives
Afreey in Cebit 2001
TrueX Technology
Afreey in Cebit 2001 presented their latest DVD-ROM "9025E" which supports 25x DVD-ROM/100x CD-ROM reading and uses "Raptor" chipset from Infineon:
"...Raptor, is Infineon Technology's first single-chip, high-performance DVD-ROM controller. It uses Zen Research's MultiBeam "TrueX" single-beam DVD, and CD drives. Raptor sets an industry speed record of 25x DVD, and 100x CD read rates, when deployed with a MultiBeam optical pickup (from Sanyo). The MultiBeam technology allows DVD and CD drives to achieve peak performance across the entire face of the disk, and not just when reading from the outer disk edge. Disk spindle rates are correspondingly lower than on single-beam drives, reducing vibration, noise, power consumption and heat dissipation.."
- MultiBeam 25x/100x CD single chip solution
- Integrated ATAPI interface (supports all data transfer modes up to UltraDMA
66)
- DVD/CD decoder including CSS, ECC
- Support of system configurations of: DVD-ROM, DVD-combo (with external CD-RW
controller)
- Disc-read support of: Dual-layer DVD, DVD-R/ROM/RW, CD, CD-R/RW/ROM/Enhanced
- DVD Audio support
Most of you must have heard "TrueX" technology. With this technology Kenwood made the first 72x CD-ROM, which had many problems especially with dark CDR media (Verbatim). We asked Infineon about this hot issue and here is the answer we got: "...The pickup is manufactured from Sanyo. This time we believe that we will archive full compatibility with all CDR media.."
As you understand this time Zen Research passed the knowledge of the TrueX technology at Sanyo and Infineon and both companies now working to make the first real 25x DVD-ROM. Since Sanyo is manufacturing the pickup we hope that all problems that Kenwood 72x CD-Rom had to over passed. But what are the interesting news about the new Afreey drive? We are recording maniacs...Yes you are right. There are very exciting news about the Afreey drive.
Infineon ,which produces the IC chipsets, said that their design is very open and could easily with an addition of chipset to adopt CD/DVD recording features. We asked " Which DVD recording features you mean exactly? (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW)". Infineon reply was that for them it's all the same :). That means guys that Sanyo will enter in the DVD recording area using Infineon design and Zen Research technologies knowledge. When that happens DVD recording will have become as cheap as CD recording is now days.
But when the drive comes? Is it working? Infineon said that they didn't have an actual drive to demonstrate. They are preparing to show the new technology in June 2001 at Japan (the DVD-ROM drive). Last Infineon said that they have licensed at least 9 other companies (didn't mentioned names) to make similar DVD-ROMs drives.
Review Pages
2. Acer
3. Afreey
4. Aopen
5. Asus
6. BrainWave
7. Compro
8. Cyber Drive
9. Disc4You
10. Freecom
11. FujiFilm
12. Gigastorage
13. HiSpace
14. HP
15. Infineon: System-on-a-Chip CD/DVD Solution
16. Maxell
17. Mitsumi
18. Panasonic ships DVD-R/RAM combo drive
19. Pioneer
20. Plextor
21. Prassi/Veritas
22. Primera
23. Ricoh
24. Ritek
25. Seiko
26. SKC
27. Sony
28. TDK (1)
29. TDK (2)
30. New super high capacity CD technology
31. High-speed CyClone 24/10/40 from TDK
32. TEAC
33. Verbatim
34. Waitec
35. Yamaha
36. Yamaha Combines Speed and Stability in New CD-R/RW drives