Samsung and Intel’s OLED tech makes HDR easier on laptop battery life
Samsung Display and Intel have teamed up on laptop technology called SmartPower HDR that they claim can minimize power usage while you're watching HDR content on an OLED screen. Intel showed off this technology last year, but Samsung Display is sharing details about how it works and the power savings you might expect. However, the company didn't say which laptops may get SmartPower HDR, so it's still unclear when it will actually be in laptops you can use.
With SmartPower HDR, Samsung Display says the laptop's chipset monitors the peak brightness of each frame it's rendering in real-time. Then the OLED panel's timing controller chip uses th …