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http://www.tdk.com/tecpress/cebit.htmlLow-Cost ML Technology Holds Potential for Doubling the Capacity and Speed of Recordable DVD Drives -
March 13, 2002 -- Marking a major advance in the development of cost-effective super-high density optical recording systems, TDK is demonstrating the world's first MLTM enhanced CD-R/RW drive at the CeBIT 2002 Convention in Hannover, Germany today. A fully functional engineering sample, the TDK drive incorporates a MultiLevel (ML) read/write chip that adds a 2 GB recording mode to its standard CD-R/RW capability. And, equally important for recording of large files, the ML encode/decode chip triples the drive's native recording speed when recording in ML mode.
The integration of chip-based ML technology, developed by Calimetrics, into the TDK CD-R/RW drive involved no change to standard CD burner optics, mechanics or manufacturing systems. ML's ability to triple the drive's data capacity and transfer speed, therefore, entails very little price differential over conventional CD-R/RW drives and recording media.
Commenting on the implications for ML technology in the data storage and infotainment markets, Bruce Youmans, TDK's Executive Director of Marketing, noted: " We believe that ML will be a key enabling technology in the further development of optical storage solutions. With our demonstration of ML in a functional CD-R/RW drive, we are signaling to the industry that ML is a mature technology, ready to help extend the benefits of CD recording in key applications where more capacity and faster write speeds are critical - like data backup and archiving of large multimedia files. Equally exciting is ML's potential as a performance catalyst in DVD recording, and we are now working with Calimetrics to integrate ML in DVD recording hardware and media."
Applied to write-once and rewritable DVD, ML represents a key enabling technology for the creation of super high capacity recording solutions. A single ML chip has the potential to double the capacity and speed of existing DVD recordable drives. Moreover, ML can also be applied to future short-wavelength DVD recording systems for similar gains in capacity and write speed.