Intel and AMD need to deliver better laptop battery life – fast

At Computex 2024, everyone was talking about AI again. Intel's Lunar Lake hardware and AMD's Strix Point chips will deliver faster AI performance, with upgraded neural processing units (NPUs) that meet and exceed Microsoft's Copilot PC requirements. But the big promise of Qualcomm's soon-to-be-released line of Snapdragon X Elite-powered laptops is the huge battery life numbers we're being promised over Intel and AMD-powered laptops. "We know we haven't necessarily been the highest battery life design point," said Intel's Dan Rogers in an interview with PCWorld's Mark Hachman at Computex. Intel is talking like it's solved the problem -- but we haven't heard any concrete numbers yet. Now, the race is on.