CMC Magnetics raising DVD speed to keep steady gross margin

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Finance data and charts

Six DVD-R/+R makers: December 2003 revenues (NT$m)
Company	Sales	M/M	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
CMC	3,106	3.4%	92.9%	27,648	47.6%
Ritek	2,308	(6.2%)	32.9%	24,919	25.7%
Prodisc	1,348	26.1%	140.5%	9,644	53.1%
Gigastorage	236	(2.5%)	21.1%	2,424	38.1%
Lead Data	442	(8.3%)	28.4%	4,673	39.7%
Optodisc	287	2.9%	538.1%	2,238	610.9%

*Figures are not consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, January 2004