-- New Laser Diode Driver IC Enables Development of Extremely Small and Cost-efficient Designs Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced ...

Suited for small slim drives used in notebook computers as well as for half-height drives in desktop PCs and consumer DVD recorders, the ATR0881 laser diode driver IC is offered as the smallest of its ...

If you’ve played around with laser diodes that you’ve scavenged from old equipment, you know that it can be a hit-or-miss proposition. (And if you haven’t, what are you waiting for?) Besides the real ...

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 ...

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 ...

Good news for Blu-ray fans. Sony’s just announced that they’re ramping up blue laser diode production yet again, which will lower the price to just around $8 each by June. What will this mean to you?

[Johannes] has been reading Hackaday for years but this is the first project he’s tipped us off about. It’s a laser engraver built from a DVD burner diode (translated). It turned out so well we wonder ...

Since manufacturers of blue laser diodes are still unable to improve yield rates, the shortage may result in pushing back the competition between Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD-DVD optical disc drives in ...

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 ...

DigiTimes is reporting that a serious shortage of blue laser diodes is forcing many manufacturers to cut back on production of next-generation drives, which means the expected pre-Holiday flood of ...