A solid-state light source that is compatible with the existing sockets normally reserved for filamented lamps. The absorbent core has a first face, a second face opposite the first face, and laterally opposite side edges. The IO requests are then sorted for each of the drives according to a pre-determined arrangement and initiated in parallel to the disks while enforcing the pre-determined arrangement. A gap may be provided between sides of the die and the compressible material to help prevent peeling. A first port receives a first communication protocol and interfaces with the array in the first communication protocol. The first and second electrode pads 64 and 65 are formed to extend farther behind the two-beam semiconductor laser element LDC, and wires 14 and 16 are wire-bonded behind the two-beam semiconductor laser element LDC.