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Sharp Develops Semiconductor Laser for Triple, Quadruple-layer Blu-ray Discs

Sharp Corp developed a blue-violet semiconductor laser whose optical output is as high as 500mW under pulsed operation for use in Blu-ray Disc (BD) recorders.

It has an oscillation wavelength of 405nm and a capability of writing at 8x speed on triple- and quadruple-layer Blu-ray discs. The company started volume production of a blue-violet semiconductor laser with 320mW pulsed output in June 2009.

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Nihilism5983d ago

and here i was thinking a blu ray firmware update would be enough to keep current blu ray players compatible with future blu ray disks with higher capacity......good to know another expensive piece of electronic equipment will soon be obsolete

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G'AIM'E Review - Lightgun Fun on the Flatscreen - MP1st

GAIME review - The G'AIM'E console is shipping now! MP1st spent some time with it & have our review ready. Is lightgun gaming back for modern displays?

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Hands-on with Teammates, Ubisoft’s ambitious voice AI tech demo

VGC: "We tried Ubisoft’s in-game cloud AI project."

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Super Pocket Data East / NEOGEO / Taito - Portable, Affordable Nostalgia

Super Pocket aims to bring you emulated joy in handheld form. Jump Dash Roll looks at the Data East, Taito and Neo Geo licenced gaming devices to see if they'll make good stocking fillers.

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