Santa Clara, CA”November 10, 2003″Making a dramatic entry into a fast-growing market, National Semiconductor Corporation introduced laser diode drivers (LDDs) that will allow desktop and notebook ...

National Semiconductor Corp. has introduced a series of laser diode drivers that allow desktop and notebook PC makers to slash read and rewrite times for DVD/CD recorder optical disk drives.

The ZL40510 and ZL40511 debut as the industry's first laser-diode drivers to support optical disk drives with x16 DVD and x52 CD write/rewrite speeds. According to the company, the drivers will allow ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2004--The market for gallium nitride (GaN) laser diodes will grow at a CAAGR of 195 percent through 2008, according to a new study from Strategy Analytics, the ...

Japanese electronics company Nichia says it has come up with a new type of laser diode that will help speed up creation of next-generation DVD discs. The diode emits a pulsed blue-violet light at ...

Japanese diode laser manufacturer Rohm has developed a high-output laser with a maximum 16x capacity for DVD writing. Samples of the 240 mW devices, which emit at around 650 nm, are currently being ...

High-power red laser diodes emitting at 660 nm have become something of a commodity for recordable DVD players, but this wavelength isn't ideal for compact projectors that require red, green and blue ...

Just when it looked like a clear winner in the DVD-RW / DVD+RW skirmish was about to emerge, Sony has to go and mess it all up by shifting our focus to the next format: Blue Laser DVDs. What is this ...

Photonic Products is now supplying Sanyo's latest range of high-power blue-violet lasers. The range includes three new 405-nm laser diodes, which offer 20 mW, 45 mW or 85 mW optical output power.

Toshiba announced at the CES that they've made a triple-stacked HD-DVD read-only disc that can hold more ones and zeros than a standard Blu-Ray disc --51 gigabytes. That's a lot of 1080p hi-def ...