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Compact disc data encoding scheme When Philips introduced the compact disc in 1982, commercial laser technology wasn't nearly as well developed as it i...

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11:35 The chip that Piet Haaijman brought from Silicon Valley to Philips’ Natlab in 1962 caused the sense of urgency needed to invest in lithography. Compared to the US, Europe was another planet in the decades after World War II, in both economic and technological terms. Countries like England and France were putting money into defense technology, but not the billions the Americans were investing. Large industrial companies like Philips and Siemens primarily served consumers and other companies. There was barely room for tiny semiconductor startups; they lacked both the capital and the cus...

Last modified on Thu 18 Mar 2021 15.30 EDT Lou Ottens, who has died aged 94, invented the audio tape cassette, and thus was instrumental in making music both more portable and more personal for millions of people around the world. The transistor radio had allowed listeners to carry their preferred radio stations around with them, but the advent of the audio cassette provided them with an easy means of recording radio broadcasts or dubbing from LP records into an easily portable format. Ottens had already developed portable tape recorders for his employers, the Dutch electronics company Philip...

Friday, 12 Mar 2021 02:05 PM MYT BY ANNE GRACE SAVITHA Ottens left a lasting legacy for those who grew up listening to cassettes. — Picture via Twitter/WakoJoel Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. PETALING JAYA, March 12 — Dutch inventor of the cassette tape, Lou Ottens, has died at the age of 94. CNN reported that the news of his death was confirmed by his family and that he had died in his home in the Netherlands but the cause of death was not disclosed. Ottens worked for multinational company Philips in 1952, which sold an estimated 100 bi...