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Intel Teases 28-Hour Laptop Battery Life Using One-Watt Display

Extending the battery life of laptops usually ends up being a compromise on performance, but Intel has found a way to extend battery life by hours using a new type of display. The end result is a laptop that can run for up to 28 hours between charges.


Intel used Computex in Taipai to reveal Low Power Display Technology (LPDT), which allows for the creation of a one-watt panel manufactured by Sharp and Innolux. Intel isn't releasing any details on how LPDT works, but does claim it can halve the amount of power an LCD panel draws in certain scenarios. In real terms, it means a laptop can play back video for up to eight hours longer.


The 28-hour battery life claim comes from Intel's own internal testing. The laptop used in these tests was fitted with an LPDT display running on a 15-watt Core i7-8550U processor, 8GB of RAM, an Intel 600p SSD, UHD Graphics 620, and Windows 10. Video played continuously with the screen set at 150 nits brightness and audio heard through headphones in order to gauge battery life.


As Liliputing reports, it is Intel's intention to offer LPDT as a specification to display manufacturers. If they adhere to that spec, then any laptop using a one-watt panel and running an Intel processor can automatically adjust settings to take advantage of the LPDT power savings. Those adjustments include continous brightness and refresh rate tweaks.


It seems Intel is taking advantage of the ability to automatically adjust brightness and screen refresh rates based on what the laptop is doing. Lowering both will save power, and Intel looks to have achieved this without the user being able to notice any difference in viewing quality. It's also been done without compromising on screen resolution, size, or color restrictions.


Unfortunately, LPDT can't be used with existing displays as it needs the new one-watt panel. Sharp and Innolux can already build them, but we don't know of any confirmed orders yet. If the extra battery life is as good as Intel claims, it won't take long for those orders to start rolling in.


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