2013年12月13日星期五

Toshiba Kirabook

Toshiba Kirabook

Welcome to a laptop battery specialist of the Toshiba Laptop Battery

Toshiba's luxurious Kirabook is the first Windows laptop to feature a display rivaling Apple’s Retina technology. The Kirabook is also thinner and much lighter than Apple’s MacBook Pro, and it’s outfitted with a touchscreen. While I wish I could report that Toshiba has crafted a masterpiece that fully justifies its $2000 price tag, this machine suffers from a couple of significant flaws.

With a native resolution of 2560 by 1440 pixels, the Kirabook’s 13.3-inch display delivers a pixel density of 221 pixels per inch—just shy of the 227 ppi that Apple packs into the 13-inch MacBook Pro’s 2560-by-1600-pixel display. If you think Apple’s computers are overpriced, consider the fact that a 13-inch MacBook Pro with a 3.0GHz Intel Core i7-3540M processor sells for $100 less than the Kirabook which with battery such as Toshiba PA3635U-1BRM Battery, Toshiba PA3636U-1BRL Battery, Toshiba PA3728U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3817U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PABAS228 Battery, Toshiba PA3818U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3634U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba Portege M800 Battery, Toshiba Satellite L310 Battery, Toshiba Satellite L510 Battery, Toshiba Portege T130 Battery, Toshiba Satellite U400 Battery, which runs on a 2.0GHz Intel Core i7-3537U CPU. Apple, however, doesn't currently offer any full-blown computers with touchscreens (the iPad doesn't count).

Clock speeds aren’t everything, of course. The processor that Toshiba picked boasts a TDP (thermal design power) of just 17 watts, versus the 35-watt TDP of the chip that Apple uses. (Thermal design power refers to the maximum amount of power that a computer’s cooling system must dissipate. A lower TDP is desirable for a mobile computer, because it improves battery life. In our test, the Kirabook’s battery lasted an impressive 5 hours, 14 minutes.) The Kirabook’s other key components include 8GB of DDR3-1600 memory and a 256GB solid-state drive. I’ll get into the Kirabook’s performance in depth later.

The Kirabook achieved a Notebook WorldBench 8.1 score of 284, versus the 100-point score of our reference notebook, Asus’s VivoBook S550CA. Much of that performance delta can be attributed to the Kirabook’s SSD (the VivoBook has just a 24GB SSD acting as a cache for a 500GB mechanical hard drive). The Kirabook also delivered better performance in most of the other tests that make up the WorldBench suite, but those differences weren’t nearly as dramatic as the storage-performance results. And you shouldn’t expect to play hard-core games on either system, but that’s clearly not the audience Toshiba is going after with this product.

The audience Toshiba is pursuing with the Kirabook is the well-to-do professional who is willing to pay extra for services such as dedicated, United States-based telephone tech support. Toshiba goes so far as to guarantee Kirabook buyers that such calls will be answered within 45 seconds. If that’s inconvenient, you can schedule a date and time when a tech-support person will call you, instead. And should you need to send your unit in for repairs during its two-year warranty period, Toshiba will pay for overnight shipping.

The Kirabook is the most beautiful Ultrabook to pass through the PCWorld Labs, but its inability to drive a large external monitor at native resolution, a lid that flexes like a contortionist, a Wi-Fi adapter restricted to 2.4GHz networks, and a display that doesn’t deliver as much contrast as the Retina display Toshiba wants consumers to compare it to make this machine’s sky-high price tag hard to swallow.

2011年1月20日星期四

Battery industry depends more strongly on the device

Battery industry depends more strongly on the device

* In recent years, lithium-ion battery manufacturing equipment made significant progress, laptop battery the basic manufacturing to meet the lithium-ion battery development and innovation requirements.


* If the standard can not be quickly resolved, related technology systems, manufacturing process and equipment problems, must seriously affect the power lithium-ion battery industry.


Lithium-ion battery production process more complicated, can be divided into very film production, batteries (battery monomer) production and cell assembling Section 3:


Produced as a pole piece made of lithium based on the pulp machine, coating machine, roller presses, slitting machines, molding machines and other equipment very ear performance, accuracy, stability, automation and production efficiency and so has a very high requirements.


Batteries made for winding machine (or laminated), into the shell unit, shell outside the welding machines, injection liquid machine accuracy, Inspiron 2000 efficiency, consistency and so demanding.


Section battery assembly into equipment used equipment, sorting machines, assembly equipment, it is a very important technology, not only on the single battery of tests, classification, composition, and performance of the battery pack after assembly, reliability testing and evaluation.


In recent years, lithium-ion battery manufacturing equipment made significant progress, the basic manufacturing to meet the lithium-ion battery development and innovation requirements, we can provide a complete performance of lithium-ion battery manufacturing solutions, and in some detail in the lead, as some coating, rolling equipment, winding deformation control, laser cutting pole piece, the assembly deformation control, achieve the same level of the world, some still in the lead. We must be soberly aware that international advanced level of domestic equipment and there is a gap, such as the degree of automation, stability, efficiency is low. In addition, the Latitude LS battery manufacturing process quality testing, closed-loop control, there is still a gap. So general, lithium equipment made in China is still in the initial stage, to solve the manufacturing industry are still many technical problems.


Battery production is the largest cost input materials and equipment, equipment for more on the material. Meanwhile, domestic and foreign equipment for performance differences, the price is a far cry from some lithium-ion battery production enterprises in the selection of certain key equipment would be more inclined to spend millions or imported equipment from abroad, which is even more increased equipment investment.


Industrial equipment manufacturing industry is the basis for development of lithium-ion battery industry is more strongly dependent on the device; China to power the battery from the manufacturer to create and achieve innovation, must have own equipment, the only way we can hope to have the capability of independent innovation . We should stand on lithium-ion industry maintained a high degree of competitiveness of view, lithium-ion battery manufacturing equipment must be the first to achieve development, be possible to make 2834T lithium-ion battery industry has become China's independent innovation capability of the manufacturing sector.


Battery equipment development constraints facing the battery has become the bottleneck of industrial development, can quickly change this situation, is the ability to successfully enter the industry, construction and application of a new stage of history, power lithium-ion battery industry to promote sustainable, healthy the rapid development of the key. Lithium-ion battery manufacturing solution to the problem is a complex and huge system engineering, any business can not be done alone. If the standard can not be quickly resolved, related technology systems, manufacturing process and equipment problems, must seriously affect the industry, the investment scale has been achieved, the formation of large-scale production enterprises, the outcome will be difficult to escape bankruptcy. The solution of this series, the most effective way is to rely on the wisdom and strength.


Energy Technology Co., Ltd. Weihai Dong-Sheng, general manager of Qingsheng


Equipment, batteries and materials to the parallel development of the industry


* Domestic equipment manufacturers to rapidly upgrade their skills to enhance innovation digestion, high-end equipment quickly to reverse the overall imports.


* Development of the industry needs the whole industry chain and the improvement of the social environment.


Power 4834T lithium-ion battery production equipment can now localization, but the core of high-precision equipment and control technology is still very lack of domestic manufacturers, such as coating thickness measurement machine, a device capable of producing domestic production has not fully imported products The technology is in Japan, the United States control, in addition to many high-end equipment, we can not create their own. Currently, the full range of manufacturers using imported production lines are also many. In fact, do their hands and feet tied, Leaving aside the price, there is limited models, service, parts expensive and so on, but the main thing is no chance of domestic equipment manufacturers to upgrade their skills. This situation exists because the battery technology itself is introduced in the foreign package to you, technology, equipment, materials, like the lack of protection will not achieve the desired objectives, or because it could not see the battery from the production of the lack of core technology . Our company based on domestic and foreign markets, the use of state-owned equipment (developed by the Joint manufacturers) use of domestic materials (adjusted for self-improvement)

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to make first-class battery is our aim. However, an appeal to domestic equipment manufacturers to rapidly upgrade their skills, strengthening innovation and digestion, rapid turn-round imports of high-end equipment, the situation for domestic power lithium-ion battery industry to work harder.


Domestic equipment industry is one of the main reasons for slow development does not have its own core technologies, most are copies of foreign equipment for processing and manufacturing, the process of limiting the introduction of competitive plants and equipment. Another device often do not understand the battery, do not understand the principle of doing only change the edge and polish and little experience, theoretical light, communication equipment factory is the less common problem.


It is said that the development of lithium-ion battery industry, should equipment first, I think that this formulation is one-sided. F4098A Determine the system is perfect in battery technology, the battery under the premise of the market demand so to speak. However, the present situation is not feasible, there is no process, no requirements, no market, equipment companies do? Equipment to do it can you do? So I think the battery and equipment and materials industry to the parallel development of the industry Xuyao the whole industry chain and the improvement of the social environment

Grasp of domestic lithium equipment targeting high-end applications

Grasp of domestic lithium equipment targeting high-end applications

"With the power lithium-ion battery industry, more and more to high-end battery product development, in order to adapt to this change, Inspiron 2200 the concept of battery manufacturers are also changing, lithium-ion battery production environment, process support equipment, testing equipment, quality of management types of equipment needed, and so more and high-end. These domestic equipment companies to create a good market demand. "Beijing Sevenstar Electronics Co., Ltd. electronic automation equipment, general manager of King Road branch , said in an interview. In the field of lithium-ion battery, investment in equipment investment in fixed assets should be accounted for about 2 / 3 or more. To this end, domestic enterprises have increased the lithium-ion battery powered equipment in the field of investment.

Opportunities faced by domestic equipment


Lithium-ion battery manufacturing systems integrate key technologies, equipment and product research process is to protect the safe operation of the battery pack important support conditions.


It is understood that the production of lithium-ion battery materials, batteries need to prepare the main equipment, the battery pole piece manufacturing equipment, assembly equipment batteries, batteries charging and discharging and testing equipment.laptop battery Apart from individual key equipment, the basic realization of the domestic. Shenzhen Ji Yang Yang as president of Automation Technology Co., Ltd. Kun said that the current equipment, the domestic lithium-ion battery technology is facing the rapid development of the historic opportunity to increase market capacity year after year, in the past 5 years, average annual growth in equipment demand 100% above. At the same time supporting the emergence of a group of domestic capacity lithium strong independent production companies to increase research and development, gradually began to have the level of independent research and advanced equipment to help speed up the lithium-ion battery equipment made the process to ensure the realization of lithium-ion cell manufacturing domestic innovation. "Equipment is the foundation of the industry, only the power lithium-ion battery lead in the development of equipment, and can we talk about the scale of production, can we talk about battery safety, consistency, efficiency, stability, and ultimately to achieve high-quality, low cost manufacturing objectives. "Yang Ru-Kun said.


Energy Technology Co., Ltd. Weihai Dong-Sheng, general manager of Qingsheng told reporters that the cost of equipment made the battery has a direct impact. In addition, 312-0292 if the domestic equipment in the performance of battery technology system to meet the different products, will accelerate the speed of industrialization and transformation projects.


Still need policy support equipment at home


Effective research and manufacturing process and manufacturing equipment, and avoid vicious competition; should also encourage the lithium-ion battery and battery manufacturing equipment business enterprises or marriage.


The industry said that at present, lithium-ion battery equipment in China is the major difficulties encountered: the domestic manufacturing base is weak, poor infrastructure components, some companies blindly pursue low-cost, lower quality and reliability of equipment, vicious competition , resulting in less reliable domestic equipment, resulting in some enterprises of the domestic equipment lost patience, turned foreign; and foreign equipment in the manufacturing process to meet the terms of upgrading and independent innovation, continuous innovation is difficult to meet the needs of battery manufacturers. This situation not only cause a waste of money, but also affect the development of the industry, and this is the most INSPIRON 2600 lithium-ion battery manufacturing industry concern.


To this end, such as Kun Yang said that to overcome the present difficulties, the domestic lithium-ion battery equipment industry should do the following: First, to accelerate standardization. "The most pressing need is to develop lithium-ion batteries as soon as possible based on standards to guide and regulate the industry." As Kun Yang said. "Ninth," "fifth" and "Eleventh Five-Year" led only by the power lithium battery electric vehicle research projects related to the limitations of the standard has been fully revealed. Establish and improve the basis for new power lithium battery industry related product standards and manufacturing standards, to promote and assist in all areas of special products to establish the appropriate standard system is of great urgency. Second, the practical research and manufacturing process and manufacturing equipment, and avoid vicious competition. "China's manufacturing industry, the vicious competition led to the collapse of the examples already a lot, lithium-ion battery for this new industry, need to increase basic research, industry colleagues and create a better quality product, rather than copying, by lower quality, lower price to obtain the order. "Yang Ru-Kun said. Third, accelerate power lithium-ion battery research and manufacturing equipment industry. Only take the lead in ensuring the development of manufacturing equipment and advanced to the power battery products in the domestic and international competitiveness and competitive advantage has become the motive power industry, a strong force for innovation.


Qingsheng said lithium-ion battery equipment business based on the market first, the introduction of absorbing innovation, and battery manufacturers to close the communication equipment to promote the enterprise to do to master the basic principles of the battery and manufacturing techniques.


King Road in the "China Electronics News" interview, gives the following recommendations, he said, INSPIRON 2650 for the support of domestic equipment manufacturers recommendations from several aspects: the domestic market to mainstream equipment manufacturers to provide product-specific part of the R & D funding, encourage the production of lithium-ion battery R & D of key technology and security equipment, and improve the audit of the use of funds; encourage national policies that support access to the battery manufacturer or research unit priority to the use of domestic equipment; encourage equipment companies lithium-ion battery and battery production enterprises or marriage; encourage equipment manufacturers to introduce foreign intelligence; encourage foreign lithium-ion battery plant equipment companies to invest in China to participate in the competition of domestic enterprises to increase their land, credit and taxation support.


Beijing Sevenstar Electronics Co., Ltd. electronic automation equipment, general manager of King Road


Domestic lithium battery equipment companies and enterprises need to further cooperation


* To the current industry environment is the localization of equipment can be done.


* For the technical level is accompanied by the production of lithium-ion battery technology advances and progress.


In the field of lithium-ion battery power, investment in equipment investment in fixed assets should be accounted for about 2 / 3 or more. In recent years, with demand for lithium-ion battery power is growing, investment in this area, investment in production equipment, 1G222 the proportion of total investment accounted for a growing trend.


Equipment, increasing the proportion of


Production equipment in the proportion of investment is growing, mainly because investors tend to buy more imports of high-end equipment or equipment used for power lithium-ion battery production, investment and thus to be continuously pushed. With lithium-ion battery industry, more and more to high-end battery product development, in order to adapt to this change, the concept of battery manufacturers are also changing, lithium-ion battery production environment, process support equipment, testing equipment, quality types of management needed equipment, etc., and more and high-end, the demand for investment is also improving. Establishment of a certain amount of power lithium-ion battery manufacturers, not several hundred million dollars yuan investment, it is difficult to gain a foothold there will not be a good result.


China-made lithium-ion battery production equipment and advanced equipment there is still a gap. Gap between the main features: degree of automation is not high, the relatively low stability of the equipment, measurement and control system behind, and low productivity. Equipment most suitable for small battery production technology,BAT3151L8 the driving force for the high standard lithium-ion battery production technology can not completely satisfied. However, rapid progress in recent years, domestic equipment, supporting species is relatively perfect. Internal lithium-ion battery manufacturers have dozens of devices, mostly SMEs. In recent years, a large number of domestic enterprises have developed their own unique technology and equipment. The equipment, basically to meet the needs of low-level users. Domestic companies are struggling to keep up domestic power lithium-ion battery technology developments.


Equipment at home is the goal plant to the industrial environment is now the localization of equipment can be done. Despite the current domestic and imported equipment compared to equipment there is still a gap. Of lithium-ion battery industry in terms of size can be ranked on the first three in the world. With the future development of the industry, ranking may improve the situation required equipment must be based on localization. Lithium-ion battery powered electric vehicles to the application of a trend, but now China's lithium-ion battery production systems and related equipment, technology and design standards can not meet the requirements of automobile production. There is no interaction between enterprises, one aspect of the simple hope of great development, not conducive to the growth and expansion throughout the industry.


Technology and equipment to establish cooperation strategy


Technical level of equipment is accompanied by the production of lithium-ion battery technology advances and progress. Does not exist after the first development and the development of causality. More simply, the battery level of the production of how high technology, equipment, technology products, there are tall. Domestic production of lithium-ion battery technology, especially lithium-ion battery production technology is not mature enough, mass production of Latitude X300 battery products are not standardized, are mostly in the semi-automatic production state. Lithium-ion battery industry in China the stage of development has not yet reached the international advanced countries (eg Japan) levels, therefore, the battery level of production technology and equipment can not reach the same level with the others. Japan's lithium-ion battery device manufacturers and battery manufacturers are mostly reached an agreement, or simply a case of mutual investment cross-holdings, so long-term cooperation with each other the opportunity to grow. Such cooperation is conducive to investment protection because of their technological achievements obtained will not be lost, but also conducive to lithium-ion battery technology and equipment technology closely. The combination of such enterprises is a long-term strategic behavior of each can be put at ease in their respective fields, such as time comes, when the great development in the industry so that they can recover their investments and to ensure that corporate profits. Domestic equipment manufacturers of lithium-ion battery production enterprises with the cooperation of not deep enough, nor will the long-term major capital investment. Mainly the two sides can not guarantee each other's interests, resulting in lithium-ion battery manufacturers in the market process is difficult to find fully meet the needs of their own production equipment, equipment manufacturers do not really understand what kind of device battery factory.


The next 5 years of the country's new energy strategy plan has been developed, the state annually to the lithium-ion battery industry has invested considerable funds, but funds mainly invest in research and development of battery materials and battery production technology research and development direction of the company's investment and production equipment support is small. Lithium-ion battery equipment manufacturers rather scattered and relatively small size of the national authorities the right to speak when the project almost did not, therefore, despite the appeal W0465 to support the development of lithium-ion battery sound equipment, but can not find the entry point, truly implement equipment manufacturers have little financial support. Now industry experts claim that the national policy support have Li-ion battery materials and lithium-ion battery production business enterprise development, equipment for lithium-ion battery development companies by market competition to solve. This view will not match the balance of resources is not conducive to China's lithium-ion battery industry.


Shenzhen Ji Yang Yang as president of Automation Technology Co., Ltd. Kun