Industry Working Groups Update Mobile PC Display Specification; New Specification to Improve Panel Interchangeability, Enable Lower Display Power Consumption.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Intel Developer Forum Intel Developer Forum (IDF), is a twice yearly gathering of technologists to discuss Intel products and products based around Intel products. The first IDF was in 1997. There is usually a Spring IDF and a Fall IDF. Spring 2004 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2004 The Standard Panels Working Group (SPWG SPWG Security Policy Working Group SPWG Service Provider Working Group (WiMAX Forum) SPWG Static Pressure Water Gauge SPWG Strategic Parts Working Group SPWG Sea Publication Working Group ), today announced the release of the SPWG 3.0 specification, designed to help improve the notebook PC display availability and time to market by shortening development cycles and minimizing product obsolescence ob·so·les·cent adj. 1. Being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness; becoming obsolete. 2. Biology Gradually disappearing; imperfectly or only slightly developed. . This specification development work was done in collaboration with the members of Mobile PC Extended Battery Life Working Group (EBL (Extended Batch Language) A shareware programming language by Frank Canova that allows for more complex programming in DOS batch files. WG). The new specification is available for downloading at www.spwg.org. The SPWG, formed in October 1999, brings together the industry's mobile PC and LCD manufacturers to create mechanical and electrical standards for mobile PC displays. The group brings together mobile PC makers, TFT-LCD TFT-LCD Thin Film Transistor - Liquid Crystal Display suppliers, connectivity solution suppliers (such as cabling and connectors), display components suppliers, display industry market research/analysis companies and others. Almost 60 percent of the displays used in the industry now comply with the current SPWG 2.0 specification. The specification has helped reduce the overabundance o·ver·a·bun·dance n. A going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate; an excess: teenagers with an overabundance of energy. of custom display module designs that previously forced notebook OEMs to customize their packaging, interface design and tooling for new panel supplier and display modules. The SPWG 3.0 specification further improves panel interchangeability by adding support for additional sizes and resolutions including support for wide aspect panels, providing recommendations for integrated inverter (1) A logic gate that converts the input to the opposite state for output. If the input is true, the output is false, and vice versa. An inverter performs the Boolean logic NOT operation. (2) A circuit that converts DC current into AC current. Contrast with rectifier. location and connector pin out, and for the front of screen parameter definition and measurement methodology. "After the SPWG 2.0 specification was developed in September 2001, no ongoing updates occurred for an extended period of time. EBL WG members realized the need to update the specification to keep up with the pace of changing mobile PC display industry. With the support of the EBL WG, the SPWG 3.0 specification adds recommendations for integrated inverter and power measurement methodology. This is a step in the right direction which will lead to matched 1:1 panel/inverter combination resulting in the most power efficient operation of the notebook display. The SPWG 3.0 specification's adoption of the power measurement guidelines developed by the mobile PC EBL WG will also help ensure consistent measurement across the industry," said Kamal Shah, display strategy and mobility enabling manager, Mobile Platforms Group, Intel, and the chairman of the Mobile PC EBL WG. "Support for additional panel sizes and resolutions in the SPWG 3.0 specification expands the scope of the SPWG 2.0 and helps streamline product roadmaps at mobile PC manufacturing companies," said Rieko Kataoka, manager of Application Product Development, Portable Systems, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Japan Ltd. "The SPWG 3.0 specification further enhances panel interchangeability while allowing product differentiation Product Differentiation A source of competitive advantage that depends on producing some item that is regarded to have unique and valuable characteristics. and technology innovation. The SPWG 3.0 specification defines common mechanical and electrical interfaces that enable PC makers and suppliers to focus on providing differentiated solutions to their respective customers for other aspects of the panels." About the Mobile PC EBL Working Group The Mobile PC Extended Battery Life Work Group (EBL WG) is a worldwide, industry-wide group of companies working together to extend the battery life of mobile PCs. For more information about the EBL WG, visit www.eblwg.org. About SPWG More information about the SPWG can be found at www.spwg.org. * Intel is a trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. 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