When Intel announced its 11th Gen “Tiger Lake” processor line, it also made significant changes to Project Athena. They added more stringent 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 said “Designed for mobile performance«But there was no real list of what that meant for people actually buying laptops. The Intel Evo badge is meant to serve as a name that potential buyers can recognize as the best laptops for productivity.
No products found.
Intel's new quality label is Evo powered by Core
The Evo badges will be on laptops with 11th Gen Core i5 and Core i7 processors and Iris Xe graphics. As in the Athena project For the first-generation laptops, Intel is using “key experience indicators” that laptops must pass. 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 level with what it calls a “typical use environment«This includes cloud-based apps, local apps, and web pages, including Chrome, Office 365, Zoom, and YouTube, on Windows 10 devices with 250 nits of screen brightness over Wi-Fi. This prevents them from providing extra battery hours by testing that doesn't reflect a real-world user-facing use case.
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
[irp]