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According to DigiTimes, Mitsubishi Chemical is planning to produce high-power (200-300mW) laser diodes. These laser diodes are a key component of the pick-up heads (PUHs) for Blu-ray Disc writers and are currently in short supply.

Japan-based Mitsubishi Chemical, in view of global short supply of Blu-ray Disc (BD) pick-up heads (PUHs), is planning to step into production of high-power (200-300mW) laser diodes (LDs), the key component of PUHs for BD burners, according to sources in the Taiwan optical disc drive (ODD) industry.

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Super Talent sent out a press release today, announcing the latest addition to its Pico series of USB flash drives. The Pico D offers a chrome swivel, 8GB of storage and support for 200X (30MB/sec) transfer speeds.

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Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today announced the addition of a stylish new swivel model to its ultra-petite PICO USB drive series, dubbed Pico D.

Super Talent achieves maximum miniaturization in the Pico series, renowned as one of the world’s tiniest USB families, by using chip-on-board (COB) technology. While typical USB drives are 2.5-inches in length, the Pico D measures only 1.4-inches. Moreover, Pico drives are shock resistant, water resistant, and support up to 200X (30MB/sec) transfer speeds. The Pico D is available now from NewEgg and NewBiiz in capacities up to 8GB.

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With the popularity of Blu-ray on the rise, there is a growing demand for Blu-ray equipped PCs. As a result, PC vendors such as Dell and HP are looking to buy BD-ROM and BD Combo drives. However, to get their orders, PC vendors want drive manufacturers to lower their prices by as much as $30.
ODM/OEM quotes currently stand at US$120-130 for a BD Combo drive and US$95-100 for a BD-ROM drive, but PC vendors have asked for the lowering of the former by US$20-30 to US$100 and the latter by US$5-10 to US$90, the sources pointed out. However, none of ODM/OEM makers are willing to cut prices because they are unable to keep down component costs and are reluctant to sacrifice profitability for orders, the sources explained.
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Kingston announced today that it has begun shipping its new 32GB Elite Pro SDHC memory card. With 32GB of storage, this Class 4 (4MB/sec) SDHC card can capture more than 6,000 still images from a 10MP camera or over eight hours of 6 Mbps HD Extended video.
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Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it is shipping a 32GB Elite Pro SDHC Flash memory card for use with today’s digital video camcorders and other high-resolution imaging devices. The new 32GB card is the largest capacity in Kingston’s Elite Pro line of SDHC cards, which currently includes 4-, 8- and 16GB capacities.

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Indilinx announced this week that it has completed the development of its new "Barefoot" solid state drive (SSD) controller. The Barefoot supports capacities up to 512GB with multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash and with its native SATA 2.0 interface, it can reach read speeds of 230MB/s.

Indilinx, a fabless semiconductor company, announced today it has completed the development of IDX22 (Product Name: Barefoot™), its high-performing solid state drive (SSD) controller with 90nm process technology. Barefoot™ shows the fastest read speed 230MB/s of all the products currently available in the market and supports the capacity up to 512GB with multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash...

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While manufacturers like CMC Magnetics have raised the price of CD-R and DVD+R/-R discs by 10%, this hasn't stopped clients from placing OEM orders. With small makers in China and Taiwan stopping production, clients have placed urgent orders with Taiwan's leading disc makers. According to DigiTimes, some disc makers have received so many orders that they are at full production capacity.

Although CMC Magnetics, the largest Taiwan-based OEM maker of blank optical discs, has raised its OEM quotes for CD-R and DVD+R/-R discs by 10% on average and some fellow makers in Taiwan have followed or will follow suit, a few leading Taiwan-based makers have received so many urgent orders for CD-R and/or DVD+R/-R discs recently as to fully occupy their production capacities, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

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Kingston has announced a new USB flash drive preloaded with Symantec Recovery Disk software. The DataTraveler 400 Symantec Pocket Disaster Recovery Kit gives users the ability to quickly restore individual files or folders from a Windows computer. The drive is also embedded with Symantec pcAnywhere technology to allow remote access should a system crash on the road.
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