Posted Jan 07, 2008 at 11:28AM by Isaac C. Listed in: Gadgets, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Tags: home theatre
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Format wars: Gallium Nitride Laser Diodes stand as winner - Image 1


The format war has been raging for a long time now and numerous blows have been dealt from both the Blu-ray and HD DVD camps. But who will be the winner? Well, according to Asif Anwar, the "real" winners are manufacturers of Gallium Nitride Laser Diodes.

Anwar is an analyst for Strategy Analytics. According to a prediction he made at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, no matter which format emerges as the victor, demand for GaN laser diodes will benefit.

That's because GaN laser diodes are essential components in high definition optical data storage for both formats. According to Anwar:

The home theatre and the PC markets will propel demand for the GaN-based LDs once the gaming console market matures. Suppliers of GaN laser diodes will be winners no matter which format wins.


While both formats are currently more popular with the current consoles (that is, the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360), the winning format will go on to be the standard format in disc storage for PCs and home theater.

Once it does completely spread to PCs and Home theaters, demand for GaN laser diodes will rise even more. It's kind of like in a real war where the arms manufacturers will be the ones to benefit no matter who wins.


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   by NayusDante - 2008-01-07
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I can understand saying that IBM wins the console war, as they make the CPUs for all three, and the processor is a key component.

This, however, seems much more generic, as there are multiple companies manufacturing the said components. You could just as easily say that plastic manufacturers are the winners because they all have plastic casing, or screw makers because they all are held together by screws. If you MUST give credit to a random factor in production, at least credit the poor sweatshop workers that put the damn things together, as they clearly deserve more credit than anyone else.

   by Khjar - 2008-01-08
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Yeah... this whole format war was like "Who can do a better job at selling this?" when you look at it that way.



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