Despite having been around for a number of years now, wireless charging has hitherto never really threatened to take off. This is due in large part to the fact that current wireless charging solutions don’t really have too many clear advantages over wired charging. But rumor has it that chip maker Intel will try and change that next year by having its homegrown WREL (Wireless Resonant Energy Link) technology built into ultrabooks and smartphones.

According to Digitimes, its sources expect Intel-based ultrabooks and smartphones with the chip maker’s resonant charging technology to appear sometime during the second half of 2013. However, the Taiwanese site’s sources don’t foresee a deluge of such devices next year, with Haswell (Ivy Bridge’s successor) “unlikely to fully adopt the wireless charging technology.”

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Maximum PC | Rumor: Intel's Wireless Charging Tech Coming to Ultrabooks and Smartphones in 2013

Posted By: Brink
14 Aug 2012