Three years ago tests to manufacture a CD were successful, and ITRI began to look for a manufacturing partner. But the technology required was very sophisticated and the capital highly concentrated. Importing one set of manufacturing equipment would have cost NT $ 700 million. With the market so small, the institute and would-be partner Platinum Studio both decided the risk was too high, and temporarily abandoned the project.
三年前 CD 試製成功，開始尋找合作對象，但因光碟工業需技術密集及雄厚資本，一套生產設備高達新台幣七億元，而且市場不大，提供技術的機械所和打算投資的白金錄音公司，都覺得風險太大而暫時放棄。