AOpen
has officially announced their new 20x "Super Multi" drive, the DSW2012SA. Along with support for Serial ATA, the DSW2012SA features 20x
DVD±R, 8x DVD±R DL and 12x DVD-RAM writing speeds.
AOpen, the leading DVD drive manufacturer, announces the new 20x multi- format
internal DVD RW drive with the SATA interface -- DSW2012SA. With its blazing fast 20x writing speed and "All You Can Write" capability,
AOpen DSW2012SA supports virtually all disk formats, including DVD±R/R DL/RW, DVD-RAM and D-R/RW. Being one of the few complete DVD/CD RW
solutions in the industry, AOpen DSW2012SA is also the first DVD writer in the industry to use the SATA interface, making a giant leap in
data transfer rate between DVD Drive and motherboard to a level of 150MB/s Ultra-DMA5. This allows users to always pioneer in major PC
trends.
AOpen DSW2012SA is one of the few DVD RW drives that supports up to 20x DVD±R and 12x DVD-RAM writing speeds. Its DVD±R
DL Double/Dual Layer technology can also write up to 8.5GB data to a DVD disk at 8x speed. With its already mature CD writing technology,
AOpen DSW2012SA lets you write disks of all formats using one single drive.
No word yet on pricing or availability. As
we find out more, we'll let you know. In the mean time, AOpen's entire press release can be found here.