A removable CD-ROM product for laptop computers is among a string of new products in development at SyQuest Technology Inc, founder and president Syed Iftikar told the Robertson Stephens & Co industry conference. At Comdex in November, SyQuest plans to unveil a version of its flagship 3.5 drive with removable cartridges storing 256Mb, and it plans to add 200Mb and 300Mb capacities for its 5.25 drives. It is also working on 60Mb and 80Mb 1.8 drives, but those are only in early development stages. His aim, he added, is to build SyQuest into a $1,000m-a-year company by concentrating on the removable disk sector, which he says is high-profit.
