Silicon Is Coming to Smartphone Batteries for a Big Energy Boost

https://spectrum.ieee.org/enovix-silicon-anode-battery-smartphone

by defrost • 12 months ago

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malchow2• 12 months ago

100% active Si material in the anode. Not 5% doping of graphite.

Sneak peek of the production process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYZZa39nvDM

Amazing.

kridsdale3• 12 months ago

I did A Math, and estimated that a future Apple Vision Pro battery pack using this could be 1/3 size (enough to not require a hip-pack?) or last 3x at the current power level.

Given rumor has it that the next Vision Pro will use M4-tier silicon which also reduces power draw (and current system performance is not the UX blocker: weight, heat, and runtime are), I think 1 or 2 more iterations from Cupertino could have a product that has more mass-market appeal.

ksec• 12 months ago

You will need both. Probably in 5 years time frame. So 2030.

malchow2• 12 months ago

Practically, shorter path silicon does nice things for power budget for a few minutes, that then gets totally obliterated by feature builders wanting to do cooler things!

Silicon Is Coming to Smartphone Batteries for a Big Energy Boost

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