Akihabaranews: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd. today announced that the company has started shipping samples of the world’s thinnest (9.5 mm height) internal Blu-ray Disc (BD) drives to personal computer manufacturers.
Since Panasonic introduced the industry’s first 12.7 mm high internal DVD Super Multi Drive in May 2006, it has continued to pioneer optical disc drive technology by making the drive’s profile even thinner, to 9.5 mm and then to 7.0 mm. The company has achieved these breakthroughs by producing key devices in-house and is leading the industry in providing the benefits of Blu-ray discs.
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