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On February 23, Intel held a new product conference with the theme of "working with ecological partners to practice the new concept of high energy and low carbon and jointly create green business computers." Intel and PC industry partners including Tsinghua Tongfang and Acer jointly launched green commercial computer products, which integrated the new concept of high energy and low carbon into the four key links of the whole life cycle from PC definition design to recycling, bringing 14 breakthroughs and innovations.

Nowadays, as an important topic, sustainable development has attracted wide attention all over the world. although electronic technology provides a new production power for the survival and development of human beings, the following environmental problems can not be ignored.

As a huge productivity tool, commercial computers are helping the rapid development of the world, and social progress is inseparable from the huge productivity generated by these computer products. Among them, there are hundreds of millions of commercial computers in China every day, which are driving the society forward rapidly. According to IDC, 130 million business computers were installed in China in 2022, 70 per cent of which were desktops. Commercial computers have created great social value, but their entire life cycle carbon footprint has also had an impact on the environment. According to the average PC life cycle carbon emissions of 4 years, it is equivalent to consuming 9.8 million tons of standard coal, which needs to be offset by planting about 39000 square kilometers of fir trees.

Intel is also obviously aware of the role of commercial computers in carbon reduction, and joined industry partners to integrate the green and low-carbon concept into commercial computers, carrying out green control from four key links: definition and design, manufacturing and delivery, use and maintenance, and recycling. Green commercial computers in line with the concept of high-energy and low-carbon are brought through 14 breakthroughs and innovations.

How to implement the New concept of Green and low carbon in Green Commercial computer

Green business computers are built on Intel's 12th-generation core processors, benefiting from the high performance of the hybrid architecture, while providing both performance cores and energy efficiency cores, ensuring higher system performance while reducing power consumption. resulting in better energy efficiency performance. Of course, Intel in the promotion of green business computer concept, not only provide more powerful processor products, but also work with industry ecological partners to achieve green and low carbon in the whole life cycle of commercial computers.

The traditional computer has a huge optimization space in the overall design, such as large motherboard size, many components, low power efficiency, too many fans, too many cables, large chassis volume and so on. These often produce a lot of pollution in the process of production, use and recycling, and also generate huge energy consumption, and can not be well recycled at the end of the product life.

The green commercial computer implements the design concept of "small and economical, simple and excellent". Compared with the traditional computer motherboard, the number of devices is reduced to about 1400, saving about 22% of materials. In the power supply design, the on-board voltage regulator on the green commercial computer motherboard is more efficient, which is 6% higher than the ordinary design. The miniaturized fanless 12V single-output power supply meets the 80Plus platinum standard, with an efficiency of more than 92%. If the gallium nitride power supply is used in the future, it will be able to meet the 80Plus titanium standard, with an efficiency of more than 96%.

Due to the high integration of the motherboard, the miniaturized PCB area of the green commercial computer is 36% less than that of the ordinary ATX motherboard, and the way of separating the IO board is no longer adopted, thus reducing the use of cables. In terms of size, the green business computer is integrated in the 7L compact chassis, which can meet the performance and extended IO requirements of most desktop applications, reducing the use of materials than the traditional 15L tower chassis, and only four screws are needed to fix the motherboard, which optimizes the manufacturing process to the greatest extent.

In addition to innovations in product technology, green business computers also use green materials with low harmful and recyclable materials, single fan radiators, compact assembly chassis, efficient fan-free power supplies, reduced expansion of connecting wires and recyclable panels. Of course, for novice users, with the existence of green business computers, it is no longer necessary to assemble desktop computers with complex professional knowledge. the whole computer is as simple as inserting Lego bricks, whether it is internal core hardware or chassis. You only need to take it and plug it in to complete the assembly quickly.

At the press conference, Gao Yu, general manager of Intel Technology Department in China, introduced to the media many technical features of green business computers and the breakthroughs in the whole process of energy saving and carbon reduction. Gao Yu said that in the stage of use and maintenance, green computers should not only save energy and reduce emissions, but also focus on the scene, see the actual results, pursue excellent performance and reduce carbon emissions at the same time.

Intel has customized a set of low-carbon software solution on green business computer products-Intel Green computer Software Control Center, in which users can set PC to low-carbon operation mode and know the power consumption of PC in real time.

Relevant data can also be collected to facilitate unified deployment and energy efficiency management by management units. The software also allows the computer to perceive the user's state and improve energy efficiency when using it, and when the user leaves, PC can enter the mode of lower power consumption in time to achieve energy saving and carbon reduction.

PCB board has always been one of the difficult problems in the recycling of electronic products. It usually consists of materials such as metal, resin and fiberglass. Looking at metal, resin and glass fiber alone, they are all good recycled materials, but because these materials were mixed at the beginning of the design, in the traditional recovery methods, only the recovery rate of metal components is high. in the non-metallic powder of waste circuit boards, it is difficult to separate resin from glass fiber. if it is abandoned directly for hundreds of years, it can not be degraded naturally, which will lead to the spread of toxic substances to the surrounding environment. The pollution caused is incalculable.

Therefore, Intel and PC industry chain efforts, agreed that green biodegradable PCB can help improve the recycling problem. Shengyi Technology, a forerunner of Intel's ecological partner, provides an environmentally friendly and degradable PCB solution for green commercial PC. Through innovative solutions, the green PCB board can separate the broken and discarded glass fiber from the organic matter after special treatment, instead of being directly discarded as a mixed object. After separation, fiberglass cloth can be re-used as the basic material for the production of PCB, and organic matter can also be converted into fillers to be used again, which can really benefit future generations with green recycling.

Low-carbon sustainable development to promote a green future

The green business computer built by Intel together with industry partners has brought far-reaching impact on the entire PC industry chain. As a new beginning of the industry, many ideas of green business computer will undoubtedly promote the future industry to achieve the goal of double carbon emission reduction, and at the same time bring positive environmental benefits.

For users, green PC does not mean limited performance. On the contrary, the processor products built through Intel's technology base for many years promote a performance experience that is more in line with the use scenario, and make a positive contribution to global sustainable development. Green PC is not only a starting point, but also an important consensus of the industry in the future, which will promote human society to promote a better future.

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