IDC sees shipments of notebooks with optical recording capability growing from .3 million in 2000 to 28 million in 2004, a 206 percent compound annual growth rate. Early combo drives appearing in the market have been too expensive for widespread use, or their write speeds lagged a generation or more behind standalone CD-RW drives. The combo controller uses advanced digital signal processing techniques to minimize the amount of required analog circuitry. This approach provides increased flexibility and greater immunity to system noise. An advanced architecture affords a high level of accuracy and improved seek access time, particularly for CD-RW media.
Power management is provided to reduce power consumption and increase power efficiency.
Oak's Optical Storage Controller Technology Oak, founded in 1987, has established a leadership position in the optical storage segment. The company is recognized as one of the leading suppliers of optical storage controllers, having sold more than 130 million optical storage controllers to date. The Company's recent product development efforts in the area have focused on emerging segments such as CD-RW and Combo drives, which are fast becoming the mainstream optical storage device for the PC market. About Oak Technology Oak Technology, Inc., a leading provider of solutions for the storage, manipulation and distribution of digital content, is committed to driving the emerging world of connected Information Appliances. Founded in 1987, Oak is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and has sales offices, design centers and research facilities around the world.