CD drive

With global shipments seeing up to 20 percent year-on-year growth rates, cd drive and floppy drive are still a strong product line after about six years since it first entered mass production. Today, Greater China manufacturers account for the bulk of cd drive and floppy drive being produced worldwide. Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan shared 52.21 percent of global production — with the mainland accounting for 23 percent, Hong Kong 18 percent, and Taiwan 9 percent — based on 2005 figures. Flash-based models continue to dominate the cd drive and floppy drive product line, showing no signs of relegating its position to HDD-based units in the next few years. Companies that produce both flash and HDD units allocate about 20 percent or less of the output to HDD types. cd drive and floppy drive with 8GB up to 10GB storage capacity are being developed. Mainstream products come in 128MB to 2GB models. With higher production volume of cd drive and floppy drive expected in 2007 than in 2007, Greater China manufacturers will continue to account for the bulk of MP3 players being produced worldwide. Based on the 140 million-unit global output data from In-Stat, the region consisting of mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan already represented more than 50 percent of global production.