Intel Says New Laptop Chips Will Extend Computer Battery Life (yahoo.com) 27
Intel, which has been fending off mounting competition in notebook processors, says a new range of chips will help enable the longest battery life available in laptops. From a report: New computers based on the latest version of its Core Ultra processors will go on sale starting this month, the company said Monday at CES, an annual consumer electronics show.
Intel was for decades the world's largest chipmaker thanks to its dominance of the computer processor market. Production technology stumbles and slow product introductions have opened the door to both long-time rivals and firms just entering the space. The company's board last month ousted its chief executive officer, citing the need to improve its offerings.
The new chips, intended for corporate PCs and high-end consumer devices, are aimed at boosting performance in two areas the company considers key selling points: battery life and the ability to run artificial intelligence functions. According to Intel, an HP laptop that uses one of the new processors can run Microsoft's Teams software for as long as 10.5 hours on a single charge. It can go 20.3 hours between charges when the user is running Microsoft's cloud-based 365 suite, Intel added. By comparison, Intel says a Dell device using a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor can last as long as 9.2 hours and 18.5 hours, respectively, under those conditions.
Intel was for decades the world's largest chipmaker thanks to its dominance of the computer processor market. Production technology stumbles and slow product introductions have opened the door to both long-time rivals and firms just entering the space. The company's board last month ousted its chief executive officer, citing the need to improve its offerings.
The new chips, intended for corporate PCs and high-end consumer devices, are aimed at boosting performance in two areas the company considers key selling points: battery life and the ability to run artificial intelligence functions. According to Intel, an HP laptop that uses one of the new processors can run Microsoft's Teams software for as long as 10.5 hours on a single charge. It can go 20.3 hours between charges when the user is running Microsoft's cloud-based 365 suite, Intel added. By comparison, Intel says a Dell device using a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor can last as long as 9.2 hours and 18.5 hours, respectively, under those conditions.
I'd not count Intel out just yet (Score:2, Insightful)
They still have a lot of expertise and solid fabs. They still run most of my computers. However, MS on ARM has finally hit its stride. Too bad linux for desktops is still miserable for all but linux fanatics. Chrome isn't a real OS. Apple has their tax and no touchscreen laptops. So MS is still the way to go, and Snapdragon gaming isn't up to snuff.
x86 it is!
Re:I'd not count Intel out just yet (Score:5, Informative)
I would respectfully disagree. Ubuntu, SuSE, and Red Hat all have desktop UIs which are decently usable, well enough that I didn't have any pain points switching back and forth between it and Windows. One may not be running Microsoft Office, but for pretty much everything I was doing at a previous job, there was nothing I couldn't do under Linux that I could under Windows, except maybe run SolidWorks or other CAD stuff, which was shoved into a VM and worked well enough. It would be nice if they supported Linux directly.
The only thing stopping mainstream adoption of Linux is app makers not writing for the platform. The UI has come a long way since the days where one built their .fvwmrc and .mwmrc files by hand.
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Fun fact: SolidWorks was created precisely because the founder was annoyed that all the good CAD software was for UNIX at the time and not Windows. Funded by his money from the MIT Blackjack team.
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The only thing stopping mainstream adoption of Linux is app makers not writing for the platform.
With so many incompatible ABIs, who can blame them?
Linux, as a platform, has problems. Continue to ignore them at your peril.
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You're a slashdotter, by virtue of having an account and being here you're not a normal computer user. Even then the best you could muster is "no pain points" not - "effortless" "flawless" or any positive words. Your post comes across as not negative meaning it's acceptable to you. ... That means it's going to be a negative experience for most users.
Especially the kind of users who then Google their problem and find an entire world of conflicting information because every Linux flavour and version is differ
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Linux doesn't just have an app problem. It has a flavour problem, a documentation problem, a community problem, and a general image problem. Tech nerds like us overcome these problems.
Those are all solvable problems - as demonstrated by the success of ChromeOS and Android!
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Ironically, ChromeOS and Android can be considered Linux distributions. Yes, the userland stuff is way different, but if you have an unlocked bootloader, you can get the usual Linux libraries into Android to run Linux items. In fact, some phones have the ability to be plugged into a monitor and used as a lightweight Linux distribution.
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AMD is the one really putting the hurt on Intel. And funnily, to stay in the game, Intel has joined AMD in using TSMC's fabs. Intel's fabs must be close to idle right now.
Re:I'd not count Intel out just yet (Score:4, Informative)
Apple has their tax
Not exactly true any longer. $599 for a M4 MacMini with impressive geekbench scores.
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That would make for a great paperweight. Unfortunately you also need a monitor, mouse and keyboard for that $599 MacMini. On the flip side I can for $600 get a laptop with similar hardware specs that is fully contained and functional for that price and has a less impressive geekbench score - something virtually no one gives a shit about.
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That would make for a great paperweight. Unfortunately you also need a monitor, mouse and keyboard for that $599 MacMini. On the flip side I can for $600 get a laptop with similar hardware specs that is fully contained and functional for that price and has a less impressive geekbench score - something virtually no one gives a shit about.
Yep, a Mac is an email and web machine, I can get a great email and web machine for $500, I can get an entry level gaming laptop for $600.
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That would make for a great paperweight. Unfortunately you also need a monitor, mouse and keyboard for that $599 MacMini. On the flip side I can for $600 get a laptop with similar hardware specs that is fully contained and functional for that price and has a less impressive geekbench score - something virtually no one gives a shit about.
CPU performance does matter for many people who are using their computers to do, you know, computing. Music production, video editing, visual fx, simulation, modeling, etc. At the $600 - $1500 price point, nothing can touch the M4 MacMini for power/performance. The "apple tax" trope is a bit outdated.
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That's decently priced by Apple standards... until you find the base model has too little storage and memory, these are not user-upgradeable, and getting a more decent configuration makes it far from decently priced.
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That includes 16GB of *integrated* memory and external storage (this is a desktop unit) is cheap. Personal computer technology is changing much faster than people's perceptions of the market.
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Apple tax is worth it, their machines last longer. And using Windows? Please....I'd rather eat a broom.
Agreed (Score:4, Interesting)
Get a laptop with a new Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm for extended battery life.
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AMD's latest laptop chips are competitive with any ARM with the same performance... plus they don't cause you compatibility problems or drive you to performance-sapping emulators.
Good luck to Intel if they think they're going to pass AMD in efficiency again. 18A better really pan out.
10h when using Teams but 20h when using MS Office (Score:3)
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It's more interesting that merely running an instant messaging app whacks half the battery life of the laptop.
Can someone fire up Slack and do the same test on the same hardware please? I wonder what we'll learn...
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I tend not to run Teams unless it is absolutely required for some stupid meeting some idiot insists on having so we can all hear a bunch of stuffed frogs honk on just so they can hear their own voice....pile of fetid dingoes' kidneys.
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Nobody should spend over 2 hours per day in meetings!
I get it you work in a bubble and are self reliant in your job, but for many people their job actually depends on spending over 2 hours per day in meetings. Shit man some people's entire job is literally to spend all day in teams chats - think thinks like tech support, or training.
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Office is a real program. Teams is a damned "web-based app".
Office 365 (Score:3)
Which means 20 hrs of web surfing. Got it.
Great news... still no Lx on Snapdragon (Score:2)
Let's see who will be first:
Intel with better CPUs or Qualcomm with Linux support...
That's cute (Score:2)
> According to Intel, an HP laptop that uses one of the new processors can run Microsoft's Teams software for as long as 10.5 hours on a single charge.
They're improving but wake me up when anything x86 sporting a 3456 x 2234 16" screen running at 1000 nits gets anywhere close to the 22 hours I get from a 16" M4 MBP running Xcode. Since we're talking AI, let's not forget to mention that the M4 is an order of magnitude faster than the best Intel and AMD laptop chips in FP32 performance.
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x86 is a dead end for personal computers. Microsoft knows this, but they woke up to this fact too late and their Arm transition is far behind Apple's.