Blue laser diodes, those little things that go in HD DVD and BD players, have been in short supply. So much so that Sony had to scale back the launch of the PS3 because they didn’t have enough blue laser diodes to go around.

There have only been two suppliers of blue laser diodes up until now, but that’s changing. Sharp is getting into the business too.

Sharp started mass-producing the diodes this month, at a rate of 150,000 per month. I have to wonder if any of those Sharp diodes will make their way into PS3’s …

Sharp starts blue laser diode production