Sharp announced today a new optical IC chipset (codename: GA100T8R6MZ) that is capable of 60x CD-R, 60x CD-ROM and 16x DVD-ROM (reading) speeds. It will come out end of June at the price of 220 Yen. SHARP believes that such recorders could come end by the end of this year...
The writing time ,compared to existing 40x recorders, can be shorten to two thirds as SHARP said. Last SHARP's chipset can change the laser power during writing.