BenQ resumes OEM production of DVD drives for Pioneer
 

BenQ recently landed an OEM order for 16x DVD-ROM drives from Pioneer, with shipments to begin later this month, according to local suppliers of components.


However, BenQ declined to comment on the report due to client confidentiality.

BenQ had originally been an OEM/ODM producer of DVD-ROM drives and DVD-RW burners for Pioneer but stopped after it established the joint venture Philips BenQ Digital Storage (PBDS) with Philips Electronics in 2003. Since then, Pioneer had shifted OEM/ODM orders to Asustek Computer.

Pioneer originally required Asustek use pick-up heads (PUHs), a main component of DVD drives, produced by Pioneer's business unit. However, the production cost of PUHs for Pioneer is quite high due to small volumes. In order to minimize the production cost of new 16x DVD-ROM drive models, Pioneer placed an OEM order with BenQ, which utilizes PUHs produced by Philips. Pioneer is globally the second largest vendor of DVD-ROM drives next to Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS).

From DigiTimes

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這是說笨Q的光碟機變成先峰OEM華碩代工嗎??

應該不是,是說BenQ接到Pioneer 16X DVD-ROM的代工訂單.
不過之前有網友說,Pioneer新的122A完全都交給Asus 設計製造,而之前的DVD-ROM 121就似乎是Pioneer設計,然後華碩代工.真是搞不清楚了 :stupefy:
PS:目前Pioneer DVD燒錄機,沒聽到有交給人家代工(OEM),所以..............

講反了，應該是 BenQ 回鍋幫 Pioneer 代工 16x DVD-ROM，但礙於合約不能對外發表

以下是從中國網站找到的譯文:
據存儲時代報道，明基公司（BenQ）近日得到了來自日本先鋒公司（PIONEER）公司的16X DVD-ROM驅動器OEM訂單，並將於這個月底出貨。

不過，與往常一樣，明基拒絕就此事發表評論。

明基很早以前就已經成爲先鋒公司在DVD-ROM與DVD刻錄機方面的OEM/ODM夥伴，但在2003年，其與飛利浦聯合組建飛利浦明基數位存儲公司（PBDS，Philips BenQ Digital Storage）後，相關業務也隨即停止，之後先鋒公司與臺灣的華碩電腦建立了OEM/ODM關係。

最初，先鋒公司向華碩提供光碟機産品中最爲重要的元件--光學讀取頭，但由於規模較小，所以先鋒公司的光頭産品成本較高。而這次與明基建立16X DVD-ROM供貨關係後，將採用飛利浦公司的光學讀取頭，以降低成本。目前，在全球DVD-ROM驅動器市場中，先鋒公司是緊隨日立LG資料存儲（HLDS）公司之後的第二大供應商。