Intel and BOE reveal 1 Hz laptop display tech to slash power consumption by 65%

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A better mouse trap? Aside from the processor, one of the biggest enemies of laptop battery life is the display – particularly if it exceeds 400 nits of brightness and has a refresh rate over 90 Hz. Now, Intel and BOE have collaborated on a laptop screen called the "Winning Display 1 Hz," which could dramatically cut power consumption.

Winning Display's headline feature is the ability to dynamically adjust the refresh rate to as low as one hertz when appropriate. The design uses AI algorithms to determine the refresh rates for individual tasks and conditions where a high rate isn't required. A report from BOE's recent Global Innovation Partner Conference claims that this technique reduces display power usage by up to 65 percent compared to traditional screens.

Another factor that helps battery life is Intel's Intelligent Display Technology 2.0 platform, which has several other clever capabilities. One feature is Autonomous Low Refresh Rate, which can automatically throttle the refresh rate during semi-active workload scenarios. Another called "User-Based Refresh Rate" tracks mouse, head movement, and other behaviors to determine if the user is present. If the user is AFK, then it minimizes the refresh rate. Meanwhile, Intel's PixOptix works to improve contrast while also reducing backlight power consumption.

Perhaps most fascinating is the ability to independently adjust refresh rate and brightness levels across parts of the screen. For example, if you are watching a video and taking notes, the window showing the video can maintain a high smooth refresh rate, while the note-taking part of the screen uses a lower refresh to conserve power.

Standard OLED panels aren't capable of variable refresh rates. Therefore, some manufacturers employ LTPO (low-temperature polycrystalline oxide), a backplane tech used in OLED displays to overcome this limitation. Not only is this capable of quickly switching between differing refresh rates, but it also uses much less battery than standard OLEDs.

Winning Display 1 Hz will debut in laptops powered by Intel's Lunar Lake processors. While neither BOE nor Intel have officially announced or detailed this clever new display tech on their websites, the reports from BOE's conference paint an exciting picture. Still, until official confirmation, take this news with a pinch of salt.

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Intel and BOE reveal 1 Hz laptop display tech to slash power consumption by 65%

 

[Theinsanegamer]

Neat idea. I'm surprised it took this long to think of static refresh on PCs.

 

[goldman]

Nice, hopefully this technology will become a standard in all monitors

 

[kiwigraeme]

BOE and TCL absolutely dominate LCD production, both Chinese. So yes Chinese can innovate, silly to always underestimate people no matter the country. Think most of the new tech in Sonys latest mini-LCDs , ie more precise variable dimming zones is TCLs . This also means screens can go brighter for same or less power, ie no backlight needed. Hopefully this tech also makes it to LCD. Even mini-LCD has light bleed from nearby pixels, one reason it can never beat OLED , but will still have cleaner colour, probably only few could notice it.

There is no real pure colour anyway , even a very precise red laser, if you go in deep enough you will have quantum fluctuations with chance of tiny fleeting blue frequency for example in a very small part of it

 

[Mr Majestyk]

BOE and TCL absolutely dominate LCD production, both Chinese. So yes Chinese can innovate, silly to always underestimate people no matter the country. Think most of the new tech in Sonys latest mini-LCDs , ie more precise variable dimming zones is TCLs . This also means screens can go brighter for same or less power, ie no backlight needed. Hopefully this tech also makes it to LCD. Even mini-LCD has light bleed from nearby pixels, one reason it can never beat OLED , but will still have cleaner colour, probably only few could notice it.

There is no real pure colour anyway , even a very precise red laser, if you go in deep enough you will have quantum fluctuations with chance of tiny fleeting blue frequency for example in a very small part of it

In the monitor world, Chinese panel makers have dominated for a long time and supply a huge % of the panels to manufacturers. LG and Scamsung only really have the OLED market to themselves.

 

[J95qRP7]

One feature is Autonomous Low Refresh Rate, which can automatically throttle the refresh rate during semi-active workload scenarios. Another called "User-Based Refresh Rate" tracks mouse, head movement, and other behaviors to determine if the user is present.

I sure hope these settings are configurable. I would loathe to get a laptop and have it dynamically adjusting my refresh when I don't want it to, just because the panel manufacturer didn't program it for that usage scenario. I do love the concept and hope it performs well.

 

[Felusy]

BOE and TCL absolutely dominate LCD production, both Chinese. So yes Chinese can innovate, silly to always underestimate people no matter the country. Think most of the new tech in Sonys latest mini-LCDs , ie more precise variable dimming zones is TCLs . This also means screens can go brighter for same or less power, ie no backlight needed. Hopefully this tech also makes it to LCD. Even mini-LCD has light bleed from nearby pixels, one reason it can never beat OLED , but will still have cleaner colour, probably only few could notice it.

There is no real pure colour anyway , even a very precise red laser, if you go in deep enough you will have quantum fluctuations with chance of tiny fleeting blue frequency for example in a very small part of it

Yeah they do, because LCD is dead end tech at this point.
Samsung Display and LG Display left LCD behind and focuses on OLED and future tech.

Mini LED backlighting could not save LCD and sadly introduce massive amounts of input lag when zone count is high enough for it to matter, which is why TVs with mini LED backlighting disable most zones in game/pc mode and were are back to scratch with blooming all over, bad uniformity, bad dark scene performance etc.

 

[Starfals]

Neat idea. I'm surprised it took this long to think of static refresh on PCs.

Yeah, phones had it for ages....

 

[Starfals]

Yeah they do, because LCD is dead end tech at this point.
Samsung Display and LG Display left LCD behind and focuses on OLED and future tech.

Mini LED backlighting could not save LCD and sadly introduce massive amounts of input lag when zone count is high enough for it to matter, which is why TVs with mini LED backlighting disable most zones in game/pc mode and were are back to scratch with blooming all over, bad uniformity, bad dark scene performance etc.

OLED is a dead tech too... gorgeous but super flawed. I ain't even talking about the burn issues that all reviewers report after 6 months of normal pc usage.... mehhhh. Micro led ftw!

 

[snOrdquist]

I sure hope these settings are configurable. I would loathe to get a laptop and have it dynamically adjusting my refresh when I don't want it to, just because the panel manufacturer didn't program it for that usage scenario. I do love the concept and hope it performs well.

Oh yeah, that's going to sell program permission promises having every new version of a utility fighting to ramp the refresh against the will of readers. Maybe we'll get separate buttons/dials to just read at 1.00 to 30.0 x speed rather than really scroll or PgDn on a graph that needs a good stare. awesomewm compatibility, reasonably priced AR glasses to swap in and out, even with the laptop closed, etc.

 

[DarkDuck]

AI this AI that... Phones have had adaptive refresh rate for so long now, there's no ai. Still picture and it reduces refresh rate, movement and it increases. I hope for a day where they stop calling literally anything *AI*

 

[redgarl]

Well, there should be variable refresh rate for section of the screen.

 

[hwertz]

A) Sounds cool!

B) AI? Really? You definitely don't need any AI whatsoever to determine "the screen isn't updating, run low refresh rate." I mean seriously.

 

[Watzupken]

Yeah they do, because LCD is dead end tech at this point.
Samsung Display and LG Display left LCD behind and focuses on OLED and future tech.

Mini LED backlighting could not save LCD and sadly introduce massive amounts of input lag when zone count is high enough for it to matter, which is why TVs with mini LED backlighting disable most zones in game/pc mode and were are back to scratch with blooming all over, bad uniformity, bad dark scene performance etc.

I don't see how the LCD market is dead anytime soon. If you look around, OLEDs are generally used in mid to higher end TVs, monitors and mobile devices. The market is shrinking, but there will always be a place for LCDs simply because,
1. OLEDs are still more expensive and manufacturers will likely position them as higher end, and not drop prices too much for the near future.
2. Each display technology have its pros and cons. OLED looks great but longevity is still questionable at this point.

This is like the same argument with SSD and mechanical drives.

 

[Felusy]

I don't see how the LCD market is dead anytime soon. If you look around, OLEDs are generally used in mid to higher end TVs, monitors and mobile devices. The market is shrinking, but there will always be a place for LCDs simply because,
1. OLEDs are still more expensive and manufacturers will likely position them as higher end, and not drop prices too much for the near future.
2. Each display technology have its pros and cons. OLED looks great but longevity is still questionable at this point.

This is like the same argument with SSD and mechanical drives.

OLED longevity Seems fine for me, had like 10-15 OLED phones since 2010, 5 OLED TVs, (still have 3 of them, 2 others was sold when upgrading) knows like 10+ people with OLED TVs as well and never seen any sign of longevity issues.

No panel is perfect but OLED is waaaay closer to perfection than LCD ever will. LCD has tons of issues really.

LCD is not going nowhere, no. WIll be used in cheap stuff, low to mid-end stuff going forward for sure, but LG Display and Samsung Display stopped development and production tells you everything you need to know, LCD has peaked and won't get better. Mini LED fixes some of LCDs problems but also introduces new problems like latency because cpu processing is needed to control the dimming zones on a scene for scene basis.

I have 1 LCD panel left in my house. My PC monitor, and I will replace it ASAP when the "perfect monitor" hits. Waiting for more DP 2.1 UHBR20 solutions before I will pull the trigger.

 

[Felusy]

OLED is a dead tech too... gorgeous but super flawed. I ain't even talking about the burn issues that all reviewers report after 6 months of normal pc usage.... mehhhh. Micro led ftw!

You have no experience with OLED LMAO. LCD has tons of issues compared to OLED. OLED is far closer to perfect than LCD will ever come. LCD is flawed by design.

Micro LED is nowhere near, especially not for regular consumers. 2030+ tech and OLED will reign supreme till then. All high-end TVs, phones, and now PC monitors, use OLED.

LCD is low-end stuff, old tech. Can't put more lipstick on this pig now.

 

[Subset6]

You have no experience with OLED LMAO. LCD has tons of issues compared to OLED. OLED is far closer to perfect than LCD will ever come. LCD is flawed by design.

Micro LED is nowhere near, especially not for regular consumers. 2030+ tech and OLED will reign supreme till then. All high-end TVs, phones, and now PC monitors, use OLED.

LCD is low-end stuff, old tech. Can't put more lipstick on this pig now.

Yahhh but.. it still has burn in issues.. you simply can not deny this. That is flawed by design my dude.

 

[Felusy]

Yahhh but.. it still has burn in issues.. you simply can not deny this. That is flawed by design my dude.

Yeah I can, not a problem in real world usage, only if you run them 24/7/365 on static images. You can ramble all you want, I had tons of OLEDs and they have all been awesome.

LCD has tons of issues in comparison and will look like crap on day one: Blooming, low contrast, poor uniformity, poor viewing angles, lightbleed, poor black levels, bad motion clarity without BFI

And Mini LED backlighting did not fix a thing for PC users and gamers because of added latency due to processing. This is why Mini LED TVs disable most zones when in actual PC / Game Mode.

Even an OLED panel with burn in will look vastly better than LCD on day one anyway

So yeah, LCD is flawed be design, you simply just accepted all the issues and terrible image quality.

I bet you can't even afford OLED, just like you can't afford micro LED when it actually launches for consumers in about 5-10 years. By that time LCD will be used in ultra low-end stuff only.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Funny that marketing image has a PC with the exact same desktop wallpaper as mine.

Hope Mikael Gustaffson is getting paid...

 

[DanteSmith]

Call me skeptical, but I believe this is too expensive to become anything more than a niche product, much like micro-LED and OLED. However, I'd be glad to be proven wrong.

 

[feoshi]

The tech world is cruel on us 3rd worlders. Now that I have bought my first high refresh rate monitor, 1zh ones are all the rage...