The Mobile PC Extended Battery Life Working Group (EBL-WG) announced that new XGA LCD panels consumer less than 3-watts of power.
“According to EBL-WG, an industry-wide group of companies formed a year ago to drive longer battery life in mobile PCs, average display panel power has dropped from 4.3 to 4.5 watts to 3 watts or less over the past year. The power savings is equivalent to 60 minutes of extra battery life in notebooks.
The EBL-WG is targeting an annual rate of 10 million units mobile PCs with displays consuming 3 watts or less by 2005, about 20 per cent of estimated total notebook shipments. “
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