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To: DownSouth who wrote (1857)	2/5/2000 12:26:00 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Respond to of 10714

LOL, well let's just say I'm not if you're not!

To: DownSouth who wrote (1857)	2/5/2000 12:29:00 PM
From: riposte	Respond to of 10714

Race toward blue laser picks up speed An interesting article @ eeTimes.com. Cree is mentioned, of course. Steve Race toward blue laser picks up speed [SNIP] Fujitsu expects to have samples of blue-wavelength lasers ready by 2000 and to begin commercial production of the lasers early in the next century at Fujitsu Quantum Devices. High-definition DVD disk systems, capable of storing about 13 Gbytes of MPEG-2 high-level compressed video, are the initial target application. Once the output is boosted to the 30-mW range, blue lasers will be used in rewritable DVD-RAM drives capable of 6 to 7 Gbytes of storage, compared with the roughly 2.7 Gbytes achievable with lasers operating at 630 to 650 nm at about 30 mW of output power. [REMAINDER OF ARTICLE DELETED] FULL TEXT @ eet.com

To: DownSouth who wrote (1857)	2/5/2000 12:38:00 PM
From: riposte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10714

Continuous blue laser demo'd Another eeTimes article. Included a brief mention of Cree at the end of the article. Maybe we should be checking up on these ADR's? Steve Continuous blue laser demo'd By Yoshiko Hara TOKYO -- Nichia Chemical Industries Ltd. is pacing a pack of well-funded electronics household names in the race to achieve a viable blue laser for next-generation business and consumer products. At a meeting of the Japan Society of Applied Physics here last week, Nichia demonstrated a continuously emitting blue laser diode that operates at room temperature. Such technology is considered a key driver for next-generation laser printers, optical-fiber communications, and such rewritable technologies as HDTV-capable DVD-ROM drives. "Our target is to put a blue laser on the market next year with a life of 10,000 hours by optimizing the crystal-growth procedure," said lead researcher Shuji Nakamura at Nichia, headquartered in Tokushima on Japan's main island of Shikoku. "The first will have a wavelength of about 400 nm; products with a variety of wavelengths will follow." [REMAINING TEXT DELETED] FULL TEXT @ eet.com