These are the exact same diodes used in HD-DVD drives, btw. Interesting that Sony is one of only two suppliers..I doubt they'd be handing any to HD-DVD customers ;) One can imagine supply is only much tighter for those customers, but then again, there are much fewer of them, with lower volume products.
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These are the exact same diodes used in HD-DVD drives, btw. Interesting that Sony is one of only two suppliers..I doubt they'd be handing any to HD-DVD customers ;) One can imagine supply is only much tighter for those customers, but then again, there are much fewer of them, with lower volume products.