floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoA Staggering 19x Energy Jump in Capacitors May Be the Beginning of the End for Batterieswww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1397arrow-down129
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minus-squareGenosseFlosse@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 months agoI still remember that in the 90s till the 2000s you would get maybe 60 to 90 minutes of battery life out of a new laptop. Then it jumped to 4 or more hours thanks to better batteries, more energy efficient CPUs and displays.
minus-squarejose1324@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoLaptops is a bad example. The improvements are moreso the chips and efficient hardware, not the battery
I still remember that in the 90s till the 2000s you would get maybe 60 to 90 minutes of battery life out of a new laptop. Then it jumped to 4 or more hours thanks to better batteries, more energy efficient CPUs and displays.
Laptops is a bad example. The improvements are moreso the chips and efficient hardware, not the battery