According to foreign media reports, IBM PC sector with Japan Sanyo Monday jointly announced in the future will jointly develop fuel cells A1079 for notebook computers (fuel cell), so as to effectively extend notebook battery life.
The current use of laptop batteries every 2-6 hours later, it must be recharged. IBM and Sanyo said, using the most advanced fuel cell technology, will allow laptop computer batteries made by single-use hours extended to 8 hours. Principles of fuel cells by mixing hydrogen and oxygen produce water and release electrical energy, and is expected to become the most popular next-generation notebook battery technology. Prior to Toshiba, NEC, Hitachi and Fujitsu and other companies have carried A1078 out the fuel cell technology development and market promotion.
IBM and Sanyo show outside developed fuel cell model, it will work with the batteries currently in use will lead to an increase in the thickness of notebooks. With IBM's ThinkPad, for example, the installation of fuel cells, the thickness will increase by one third or half. Sanyo said that the future supply of raw materials and other issues to be resolved in order to make the fuel cell mass production, and plans to work out before the mass production of more specific technical specifications.
IDC analyst Roger Kay - Kay (Roger Kay) that, for IBM A1148, the above-mentioned actions indicate that it is still technological innovation to maintain a leading position. Roger said: "The fuel cell will mix with the traditional technology will greatly enhance notebook battery life." IBM and Sanyo said the other companies with similar technology different is that Sanyo's DMFC fuel cell technology system could be applied IBM most of the existing ThinkPad models without the need for models to re-design. These ThinkPad models, including the X, T and R series included.
Roger believes that a new type of fuel technology will bring about a particular notebook computer users the Gospel. These groups, including military personnel, field workers M6091 and so on. Roger said: "Sanyo has been can create a new type of fuel cell, of course, still the concept is still something, rather than specific products."
