When Intel announced its 11th generation "Tiger Lake" processor line, it also made significant changes to Project Athena. They added more rigorous testing and introduced a consumer-oriented brand, Intel Evo, also known as " Intel Evo, powered by Core ."
Previously, Project Athena laptops were listed online with a small badge that read " Designed for Mobile Performance ." But there was no real explanation of what that meant for people who actually bought laptops. The Intel Evo badge is intended to serve as a name that potential buyers can recognize as the best laptops for productivity.
[amazon box=»B07R2F6NR3″ title=»Lenovo Ideapad 330-15ICH» star_rating=»none» template=»table»]Intel's new quality label is Evo powered by Core
The Evo badges will be available on laptops with 11th Gen Core i5 and Core i7 processors and Iris Xe graphics. Similar to the first-generation Project Athena , Intel is using "key experience indicators" that laptops must meet. These minimum requirements for certification include:
- 9 or more hours of real-world battery life on systems with 1080p displays, with 8 hours for QHD and 7 hours for UHD.
- The system should wake up from sleep mode in less than 1 second
- Constant responsiveness on battery
- Fast charging with up to 4 hours of charge in less than 30 minutes on systems with 1080p displays
Intel is testing battery life by taking it from 100% to critical battery levels under what it calls a " typical usage environment ." This includes cloud-based applications, local applications, and web pages, including Chrome, Office 365, Zoom, and YouTube, on Windows 10 devices with a screen brightness of 250 nits over Wi-Fi. This avoids falsely reporting higher battery life hours through testing that doesn't reflect real-world user use cases.
Intel Evo laptops will also have Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 6, and “premium audio, webcam, and display” in slim form factors. But Intel hasn’t specified requirements in that area. The company also hasn’t listed what 4K dimensions would look like.
Evo verified designs will come with their own insignia, including it as an Evo model and including whether it is a Core i5, i7, etc. Currently announced designs that have been verified include the Acer Swift 5, Asus Zenbook Flip S, Lenovo Yoga 9i, and Samsung Galaxy Book Flex 5G. The company's website lists Acer, Asus, Dell, Dynabook, Razer, Samsung, HP, Lenovo, LG, and MSI as partners in the program. So we're likely to see more Evo-verified designs soon.
Source: Tomshardware
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