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<< Compaq Computer, Dell Computer and Gateway today confirmed they are having trouble obtaining slimline CD-RW drives, the slimmer version of CD-RW drives used in PCs. Gateway stopped selling the drives six weeks ago but hopes to resume shipments as early as next week.
Though the supply of notebook CD-RW drives is critically short, desktop counterparts have also become difficult--but not impossible--to find. The drives are generally used to put data or recorded music on a CD for playing in CD players.
The problem isn't so much demand, say executives and analysts, but supply. A shortage of RF amplifiers, chips that boost radio signals that are used inside the drives, has busted the manufacturing chain. Cell phones and handheld computers also contain RF amplifiers, which has exacerbated the supply problem as those devices grow in popularity.
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<< Compaq Computer, Dell Computer and Gateway today confirmed they are having trouble obtaining slimline CD-RW drives, the slimmer version of CD-RW drives used in PCs. Gateway stopped selling the drives six weeks ago but hopes to resume shipments as early as next week.
Though the supply of notebook CD-RW drives is critically short, desktop counterparts have also become difficult--but not impossible--to find. The drives are generally used to put data or recorded music on a CD for playing in CD players.
The problem isn't so much demand, say executives and analysts, but supply. A shortage of RF amplifiers, chips that boost radio signals that are used inside the drives, has busted the manufacturing chain. Cell phones and handheld computers also contain RF amplifiers, which has exacerbated the supply problem as those devices grow in popularity.
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