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SINGULUS Blu-ray Update & Future

Technology & Market Review 2013 and Future Outlook - PKN

SINGULUS

TECHNOLOGIES

December 4th 2013

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG

December 4th 2013 - 2 -

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SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG - OPTICAL DISC

Optical

Disc

Solar

Semi-

Conductor

Mastering, Molding and Replication for all Disc Formats CD – DVD – Blu-ray

→ Total 8,530 systems sold worldwide

→ Over 200 Blu-ray systems installed base



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SINGULUS Philosophy

Providing Integrated Solutions

Mastering Molding Automation

→ Responsibility for all production steps

→ Hardware, Software & Process

→ Minimize interfaces with external Sources

Consumables

Spare Parts

→ Spare parts

→ Certified suppliers

→ Glass Masters, Targets, Masks

→ Lacquers

Replication



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BLULINE II for Single & Dual Layer Blu-ray Disc

→BLULINE II excellent equipment performance

Uptime > 90%

Output > 19.000 Discs / 24h



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Blu-ray Update I: Mastering

→Crystalline activities / improvements …… for high output

1. 50% increased efficiency by 1.5R

recording speed

2. Start-Up software (pre-sputter)

3. Multi-son plating / family-growing



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Blu-ray Update II: Molding and Replication

→MOLDPRO II & BLULINE II improvements …… for more than 20 Order Changes in 24h

1. Fast thermal stabilization

2. Intelligent start-up sequence

- cold start for BR and CL

- embossing stamper check SW

(5 rejected discs instead of 80)

3. Wear minimization

(silicon pads and embossing

base plate)

…… for long life time



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Pit Structure from CD to BD-DL

4.7 GB Blu-ray

• 405 nanometer blue laser

• 50 GB capacity

• Track - Pitch 0,32 µm

CD

• 780 nanometer infrared laser

• 800 MB capacity


DVD

• 650 nanometer red laser

• 9.4 GB capacity


Human hair

100 µm diameter



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4K Ultra High Definition – 3.840 x 2.160 Pixel



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Media Content Size Trends



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Estimation of 4K/2D Capacity



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Estimation of 4K/3D Capacity



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Blu-ray Disc – Triple Layer with 100 GB

Cover layer 57 nm

Reflecting layer 30 nm

3. Spacer layer 33 GB, 18mm

2. Spacer layer 33 GB, 25mm

3. Spacer layer 33 GB,

1.1 mm polycarbonate disc





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How to Achieve 33 GB on one Layer ?

Increased data density by shorter physical pit length (at same track pitch)

→ Track Pitch: 0.320 µm (25 GB 0.320 µm)

→ Minimum Pit Length: 0.112 µm (25 GB 0.149 µm)

Adaptation required in:

→ Mastering

→ Molding

→ (Replication / Embossing)



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Mastering & Molding: “33 GB – ready”

→MOLDPRO II

High Torque Clamp Servo

Motors (60t Clamping Force)

→CRYSTALLINE

No physical limitation for LBR or CTL

Encoder setting to be changed

(software)



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BLULINE: “66/100 GB – ready”

BLULINE III



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2014: “All in one rhythm”™

Thank you for

your attention



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Hanauer Landstrasse 103

D-63796 Kahl/Main Dr.-Ing. Stefan Rinck, President and CEO

Tel: +49-6188-440-109

[email protected] Markus Ehret, CFO

Tel: +49-6188-440-204 [email protected]

Maren Schuster, Head of Investor Relations

Tel: +49-6188-440-612

[email protected] Bernhard Krause, Communications Worldwide

Tel: +49-6181-9828020

[email protected]

Forward-Looking Statements

This presentation contains forward-looking statements

based on current expectations, assumptions and forecasts

of the executive board and on currently available

information. Various known and unknown risks,

unpredictable developments, changes in the economic and

political environment and other presently not yet

identifiable effects could result in the fact that the actual

future results, financial situation or the outlook for the

company differ from the estimates given here. We are not

obligated to update the forward-looking statements made in

this presentation unless there is a legal obligation.

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