Cree blue laser exhibits projected lifetime of more than 10,000 hours
"This is one of the most significant achievements in the history of the company," said Chuck Swoboda, president and CEO. "We have accelerated our blue laser diode development and continue to target a product launch by the end of this fiscal year. We believe these diodes will meet the uniform standards being formulated and look forward to participating in the exciting new optical disc applications under development."
The new blue laser format will feature up to 27 GB of memory on one side of a single 12 cm (4.7 inch) disc, and is nearly six times the capacity of current 4.7 GB discs. This leads to a storage of approximately 40 hours of ordinary television broadcasts and more than two hours of digital high-definition motion pictures. Blue and UV lasers, with a shorter wavelength than red lasers, could also benefit optical storage systems such as high-end mass storage optical recording systems, enabling them to read and write more bits of information on a given area of disc space. Discs using the new format are expected to be the same size as compact discs and DVDs.
Fran Barsky
Cree, Inc.
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