Intersil introduces slim-line 8x DVDR and 52x CD-R laser driver
Intersil has announced the availability of a new
laser driver that supports 52x CDR and 8x DVDR writing. While the product
itself is useless to consumers it paves the way for new consumer electronics
products that make use of this laser driver. The new chip supports all popular
disk drive formats, including DVD+R/W, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, CD-R/W, CD-R and
CD-ROM.
More information can be found in the press release on the Intersil Website. Discuss this new laser driver on our Optical Storage Technical Discussions Forum.
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'The EL683X dual LDD family addresses our customers' need for higher performance, higher speed and pin-for-pin compatibility while providing the integration and power efficiency required for today's portable CD and DVD drives. As with all of the products in our Elantec optical storage portfolio, they reduce overall component count, shorten data signal routing and address the continued migration to higher read and read/write speeds." |
More information can be found in the press release on the Intersil Website. Discuss this new laser driver on our Optical Storage Technical Discussions Forum.
Source: Intersil
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Posted by JPWRana on Wednesday 02 July 2003 17:06
how is this useless?!?! This serves for faster combo drives: The best of both worlds (CD's and DVD's) as you hit the top of the line CD speeds fo 52x and DVD top of the line speeds of 8x.
The only thing that i found curious is that it DOESN'T support DVD-RW
The only thing that i found curious is that it DOESN'T support DVD-RW
Posted by DoMiN8ToR on Wednesday 02 July 2003 17:18
Okay if you create your drives from the scratch it's not useless for you. However most consumers wait till a manufacturer uses this laser driver in their products hence the sentence:
[i]While the product itself is useless to consumers it paves the way for new consumer electronics products that make use of this laser driver.[/i]
[i]While the product itself is useless to consumers it paves the way for new consumer electronics products that make use of this laser driver.[/i]
Posted by RaWShadow on Wednesday 02 July 2003 20:02
wow that is fast. The reason i have not brought a dvd writer yet is becus of there slow cdr writing speed 
Posted by tazdevl on Wednesday 02 July 2003 20:16
Rana,
It does support all writing formats, reread.
Quote from the press release
DVD+R/W, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, CD-R/W, CD-R and CD-ROM.
I'm sure it supports DVD -R given the fact that it supports DVD -RW, someone just made a typo and forgot to add a "/" like they have in the DVD +R/W.
This is a good thing. Only problem with 8X DVD writing is that there currently are some playback issues they are having with media that can be written @ 8X.
The other thing to remember is that all DVD burners are combo drives. Not a new concept.
[edited by tazdevl on 02.07.2003 20:21]
It does support all writing formats, reread.
Quote from the press release
DVD+R/W, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, CD-R/W, CD-R and CD-ROM.
I'm sure it supports DVD -R given the fact that it supports DVD -RW, someone just made a typo and forgot to add a "/" like they have in the DVD +R/W.
This is a good thing. Only problem with 8X DVD writing is that there currently are some playback issues they are having with media that can be written @ 8X.
The other thing to remember is that all DVD burners are combo drives. Not a new concept.
[edited by tazdevl on 02.07.2003 20:21]
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