The good news is that new Intel-powered laptops can benefit from even longer battery life thanks to Intel’s new AI-powered coprocessor called Clover Falls. The not-so-good news is that Clover Falls will, at least initially, be limited to commercial notebooks, so consumers will have to wait a little longer for the technology to trickle down to popular notebooks like the XPS 13, Specter x360, and ZenBook Flip S.
Intel describes Clover Falls as “a secure companion chip that helps make computers smarter and safer with the power of Intel’s artificial intelligence.” In the company’s blog post, Intel added that the chip will help laptops sense and adapt to their surroundings. One example of how Clover Falls works is that the laptop can automatically increase the brightness of the screen when it detects a user is present, or turn off or dim the screen when you walk away.
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It’s unclear what other features and experiences Intel and its partners will be able to deliver through Clover Falls. The company takes a platform-level approach to computing and connects Clover Falls to its Intel Evo platform, formerly called Project Athena. At its core, the Evo comes with a set of requirements for responsiveness, battery life, instant wake-up and fast connectivity, and the company claimed these guidelines help users understand what to expect from an Intel Evo-branded laptop.
Targeting battery life could help Clover Falls notebooks compete against Apple’s new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air drives with M1 silicon.
As for battery life, Intel and its partners have previously stated that Evo-certified laptops will deliver at least nine hours of battery life with a 1080p display. It’s unclear how much more battery life Intel will be able to push with AI-friendly settings. By comparison, Apple claims the new M1-powered MacBook Pro delivers up to 20 hours of battery life. And with a claimed 18-hour battery life for the MacBook Air, Apple’s M1 processor provides about twice as long battery life as Intel’s current Evo numbers.
For its part, Intel did not reveal when Clover Falls will arrive on commercial or consumer laptops. From its platform approach detailed in the company’s blog post, we expect systems with Clover Falls silicon to emerge, as Intel will likely work closely with partners to achieve key metrics, as it did with the original Evo targets for performance and battery life. Since Dell’s VP of Latitude also offered a comment on the blog post, we can expect Dell to be a key partner and that future Latitude commercial notebooks will come with Clover Falls coprocessors.
“Working with Intel is much more than buying a processor to work with our product,” said Dell’s Meghana Patwardhan. “Co-engineering efforts include Intel’s commitment to jointly solving unique product challenges and taking the whole system into account — all so we can deliver incredible new platform features to business users.”
Apart from Dell, other laptop manufacturers like Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo and Samsung are also part of Intel’s Evo program. It is unclear whether laptops from these manufacturers, such as the HP Specter x360 or Lenovo Yoga 9i, will be refreshed with the Clover Falls coprocessors. Intel also did not provide examples of how Clover Falls will increase laptop security in its blog post.
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