NEC starts shipping samples of new LSI for DVD Writers
Posted on 01/06/06 01:55 by Dan Bell                             
NEC starts shipping samples of new LSI for DVD Writers

koba used our news submit to tell us "Well, nice to know that there will soon be more options besides the Plextor for 18x burning. Specs are as said, 18x DVD-/+R and 16x DVD-RAM and accoding to Impress (Jp news site) 48x CD-R writing and reading. Also as stated, the press release is in Japanese only, but I am sure that an english version will follow soon."

Sorry Japanese only. NEC starts shipping samples of its new MC-10041 LSI for DVD writers beginning on 1st of June.

The new LSI will support 18x DVD-R/+R Writing as well as 16x DVD-RAM writing. The new LSI will most likely be used by Pioneer and SonyNecOptiarc company in their next Drives.

Whoa! Thanks for this exciting tip and also especially for the translation Koba. It is most appreciated by all!

Source: NEC Electronics Japan

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By Numer0bis, Thursday 01 June 2006 03:35
Numer0biswhat about nec drives itself? does nec doesn't produce anymore drive itself?
By koba, Thursday 01 June 2006 08:34
kobaNEC and Sony started a JV called Sony Nec Optiarc. This new company will design/produce the new drives for Sony and NEC.
By agomes, Thursday 01 June 2006 10:21
+/-R at 18x is something new, but 16x RAM was already announced for the drives NEC has now in the market, but it never materialize and 4550/4451 came out with only 5x RAM. As a matter of fact there were no such fast discs for sale, and now only 15x are out. Will NEC allow these drives to read them? It could be important as "old" drives will not read "fast" discs - 5x - and the new ones say 6 to 12x speed.
By agomes, Thursday 01 June 2006 10:23
Sorry for mistyping, present MAX disc speed is 12x not 15x.
By hajj_3, Thursday 01 June 2006 10:36
sounds good, 48x eventually for cd-r. there will now be some perfect drives, they will do everything except blue-ray and hd-dvd. hope nec make a lightscribe version, i would buy one.
By Controller, Thursday 01 June 2006 15:57
Wow! Going from 16x to 18x is really "exciting"! I'm about to wet myself with all the excitement.
By Crabbyappleton, Thursday 01 June 2006 16:21
CrabbyappletonI guess what excites me is the lower price we can expect from manufacturers other than Plextor. In addition, (and I know I sound like a broken record) this DVD-RAM rocks! The focus on increased speed for this type media is nice. What tremendous advances we have seen lately in this area.
[edited by Crabbyappleton on 01.06.2006 16:23]
By agomes, Thursday 01 June 2006 17:53
NEC supports LabelFlash not the competitor Lightscribe.
By King Solomon, Saturday 03 June 2006 21:28
I can't wait for my 1st 18x NEC.. Plextor 18x is not that great..
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