Ricoh Europe has posted the full specs for MP7163A CDR-W drive. The new model supports 16x writing, 10x re-writing and 32x reading. It comes with "JustLink" and "JustSpeed" technologies and supports full 16x CLV writing. No information is out yet about the drive's shipping date and/or price...
Specs:
RICOH MP7163A-DP
Type: Internal ATAPI / E-IDE
Buffer memory: 2MB
JustLink Function Supported
JustSpeed Function Supported
Data transfer rate (at I/F): 33MB/sec. (Max.) (Ultra DMA mode2)
Writing Speed: 4x/8x/12x/16x (CD-R) (full CLV)
Re-writing Speed: 2x/4x/10x (CD-RW)
Reading speed: Maximum 32x (CAV)
Writing mode: Disc At Once, Session At Once, Track At Once, Multi-Session, Packet Writing
Average access time: 120 msec. (32x)