Laser diode supply tension Blu ray burner may be postponed

Disk drive manufacturers, such as Lite-On, BenQ recently to key components of laser diode tight supply concerns. Manufacturers said that this will affect the Blu ray burner scheduled release.

Digitimes reported that optical disk drive manufacturers, such as Lite-On, BenQ recently worried about the supply of key components of laser diode supply nervous. Manufacturers said that this will affect the Blu ray burner scheduled release.

Currently, Blu ray burner using laser diodes due to the high technical threshold, the production capacity is not high. SONY and Nichia are the only 2 suppliers of blue laser diodes. Among them, the majority of SONY's production of blue laser diodes have been provided to the use of its PS3 host. SONY is currently the supplier of PHILPS, BenQ and Lite-On Blu ray burner products laser diode.

Blue laser diode supply tight situation, will not be eased before September, because SONY will not start shipping PS3 host before September.