What drive is used as superdrive in the new Macbook

Hello everyone
For the first time ever, I'm soon the owner of a Mac
I'm going to by a Macbook with superdrive, but can anyone tell me what model and manufacturer Apple uses for this drive?

This is the info from the System Profiler:
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857:
Firmware Revision: HBE4
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: No

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