According to a news item that has been echoed MacRumors, Apple is optimizing the screens of the new MacBook Pros that are expected to come out this year, adapting a technology that was already heard years ago, but was never incorporated into the flagships of the Californian company.
The change would go through incorporating IGZO technology (material composed of zinc, indium and thallium oxide) to mount the new screens of the future MacBook Pros. This change would begin according to the leaks from the second quarter of this year, keeping the screens of silicon material (a-Si) current on the computers already presented.
La IGZO technology is highly conductive Thanks to its semiconductor materials, it provides about 40 times more electron mobility than the a-Si standard, allowing much less power consumption, improved touch sensitivity and higher pixel density, thus facilitating expanding the resolution of future Macs.
The leaked report claims that Samsung and Sharp they would begin supplying the IGZO breads to the North American company as of the second quarter of the year. Sharp The mass production of this type of screens began in 2012, and a year later it rang loud for the MacBooks of that year. However, Apple has only used this technology on iPads, so far.
Apparently the adoption problems years ago of this technology, were due to problems in production and cost. However, the evolution of the market and the incorporation of this technology to some OLED televisions would make it easier for us to have MacBooks Pro with this implementation by the end of the year.
In addition, the circuitry of the rear panel can also be compacted, favoring the manufacture of smaller notebooks. However, surely this new technology attracts a company like Apple for the battery saving. Already on iPads that implement IGZO screens, battery consumption was improved by around 25%.