Taiwanese manufacturers expect 18x DVD burner sales to catch up to 16x in 2007. Casio is shaking up its Taiwan operations. Apple books a lot of NAND flash capacity and will an 8GB flash memory iPod be close?

Apple is likely to debut a new version of its iPod with a larger memory capacity, probably with 8GB of NAND flash, according to industry sources. Industry sources hinted that both leading Korea-based chipmakers, including Samsung Electronics and Hynix Semiconductor have both landed more orders from Apple.