TDK Europe posted today the specs of the new CyClone 48/24/48B CD-RW drive. The drive supports 48X writing, 24X re-writing, 48X reading, Buffer underrun protection and includes several interesting specs such as Partial-CLV recording technology...

a) Writing speeds:

P-CLV
18-40x: 6000 kB/s (Mode 1, mode 2 form 1)
18-32x: 4800 kB/s (Mode 1, mode 2 form 1)
18-24x: 3600 kB/s (Mode 1, mode 2 form 1)

CLV:
16x: 2400 kB/s (Mode 1, mode 2 form 1)
12x: 1800 kB/s (Mode 1, mode 2 form 1)
8x: 1200 kB/s (Mode 1, mode 2 form 1)
4x: 600 kB/s (Mode 1, mode 2 form 1)

CAV: 21x-48x

- Rewrite Speeds
CAV: 24x: 3600 kB/s

CLV:
16x: 2400 kB/s
12x: 1800kB/s (Mode 1, mode 2 form 1)
10x: 1500 kB/s (Mode 1, mode 2 form 1)
8x: 1200 kB/s (Mode 1, mode 2 form 1)
4x: 600 kB/s (Mode 1, mode 2 form 1)
2x: 300 kB/s (Mode 1, mode 2 form 1)

- Reading speeds
CAV: 21x - 48x (max. 7200 kB/s)

Access Time: =< 80 ms
Data Buffer: 2 MB with Buffer Underrun Protection

The retail package includes TDK Digital MixMaster with built-in 20-band graphic equalizer to customize your sound and create a CD jukebox on your PC, plus the easy-to- use Ahead Nero 5.5/NeroMAX with its ultrafast wave editor, allowing complete control of CD creation, an advanced cover designer system with support for TDK Inkjet CD-R inserts, and a built-in MPEG1 video encoder to create Video CDs...