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IEEE
STARTS LAPTOP BATTERY STANDARD TO MEET FUTURE POWER DEMAND IN
PORTABLE COMPUTERS
Contact:
Bruce Riggs, Chairman, IEEE P1625 Working Group
+ 1 512 725 3154, Bruce_Riggs@Dell.com
or
Karen McCabe, +1 732 562 3824, k.mccabe@ieee.org
For Release:
Immediate
PISCATAWAY,
N.J., 14 October 2002 Surging demand for more powerful portable
computer batteries has led to a new standards effort at the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The standard underway,
IEEE P1625 (TM), "Standard for Rechargeable Batteries for
Portable Computers," will help guide how battery systems
are developed to support mobile computing applications.
The standard
is being created by the IEEE P1625 Laptop Battery Working Group,
which draws upon battery suppliers, original development manufacturers
and computer systems manufacturers, including HP, Dell, IBM, Motorola,
Panasonic, Compal, Quanta, Sony, Sanyo and Toshiba. Other interested
organizations with portable battery systems expertise are invited
to join the group, which will hold its first meeting on Oct 17
and 18 in San Jose, Calif. A draft standard should be ready for
final balloting in May 2003.
"The
standard will reflect real mobile user profiles and the growing
demand for ever more reliable power in mobile computing applications,"
says Bruce Riggs, IEEE P1625 Working Group Chairman and Dell's
Vice President of Operations and Quality for the Client Product
Group.
"We expect
laptop power demand to accelerate as increasingly powerful mobile
processors, wireless solutions and advanced graphics capability
become more prevalent in mobile computing," he said. "We've
also seen increasing battery duty cycles as the average daily
use of mobile computers continues to climb."
The IEEE P1625
standard will focus on system management and control, battery
pack communications, energy density and reliability. The standard
anticipates smarter battery system designs, including self-monitored
charge, discharge and environmental conditions. It will also address
redundant protections needed to assure system reliability.
In terms of
the work on the standard, Riggs says, "We chose to participate
in the IEEE-SA's organization-only standards route for several
reasons. First, functioning as an organization-only working group
will enable us to fast track our efforts. Second, the IEEE, as
the largest organization of its kind, gives us access to a huge
pool of computer, battery and other technology-oriented companies.
And third, it offers a broad range of support services that can
help us stay focused and make our task more efficient."
This project
is sponsored by the Stationary Batteries Committee of the IEEE
Power Engineering Society.
The IEEE-SA
Organizational Standards Program
The IEEE-SA's organizational standards development program allows
profit and not-for-profit entities to create standards within
an ANSI-based open process. Standards in this consensus program
follow a clear path from concept to completion guided by five
basic principles: due process, openness, consensus, balance and
right of appeal.
The IEEE-SA
enables corporate standards working groups to function more efficiently
by providing such elements as a legal structure within which working
groups function, well-defined intellectual property rules, broad
administrative and project management support, Web hosting in
its own servers, in-house writing and editing services, and a
structure for publishing standards and distributing them globally.
About the
IEEE Standards Association
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body, develops consensus standards through an open process that
brings diverse parts of an industry together. These standards
set specifications and procedures to ensure that products and
services are fit for their purpose and perform as intended. The
IEEE-SA has a portfolio of more than 870 completed standards and
more than 400 standards in development. Over 15,000 IEEE members
worldwide belong to IEEE-SA and voluntarily participate in standards
activities. For further information
on IEEE-SA see: http://standards.ieee.org/.
About the
IEEE
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Through its members, the organization is a leading authority on
areas ranging from aerospace, computers and telecommunications
to biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics. The IEEE
produces nearly 30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical
and electronics engineering, computing and control technology
fields. This nonprofit organization also sponsors or cosponsors
more than 300 technical conferences each year. Additional information
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P1625 is a trademark of the IEEE. All other names
or product names are the trademarks, service marks or registered
trademarks of their respective holders.
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