Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Batteries Suck
The recent review of the Motorola Droid Bionic by computerworld.com underpins a major flaw with the Bionic and mobile technology in general, battery life is terrible. While the Bionic is a prime example of horrendous battery life (four hours under normal use according to the review) it's a problem that's going to get worse and worse. The down side of the Moore's law is that power consumption also increases with the increases as processing power increases. Unfortunately, battery technology is not keeping up with increase in power consumption. This means phones and other mobile devices are getting more and more powerful and capable, but batteries can't keep up with the demand. The worst part is, unless there's a massive break through in battery technology the only options are live with 4 hour battery life or start shrinking and pulling out other components so there's more room for bigger batteries.
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I don't agree with your assumption that processors will continue to increase in power consumption as intel is investing very heavily in extremely low power chips that are on par with current chips. This is key in the macbook air and other ultra-books that are becoming the new form of laptops. They have a chip due next year that *supposedly is the same a ivy bridge but consumes half the power allowing for month long hibernation (bing emphasis on supposedly).
ReplyDeleteI have been saying for years that the man who reinvents the battery will rule the world. They would definitely rival Gates in pocketbook size for sure.
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