日前，英特爾宣布，將以董事會成員的方式加入無線充電聯(lián)盟，成為其正式會員。加入無線充電聯(lián)盟，正是因為英特爾看到了無線充電技術在未來的良好發(fā)展。
無線充電聯(lián)盟即Alliance for Wireless Power，簡稱A4WP。它是一家專注于無線充電的國際行業(yè)協(xié)會，并且其目標是終結基于線纜的電源傳輸。A4WP有超過40家的企業(yè)董事會成員，其中包括了高通、三星電子、Gill Industries、IDT、Broadcom等。
除了A4WP，當前主要的無線充電聯(lián)盟還包括Wireless Power Consortium(以下簡稱“WPC”)和Power Matters Alliance(以下簡稱“PMA”)。WPC和PMA的無線充電技術基于磁感應原理，而A4WP的無線充電技術基于磁共振原理。后者可以同時為多個設備充電，而且在設備的位置與角度上具有彈性。不僅可以為手機充電，還可以為筆記本電腦充電。
PMA聯(lián)盟成立于去年3月，如今已有超過70家會員，如三星、Broadcom、宏達電、LG及華為等，其董事成員包括美國聯(lián)邦通訊委員(FCC)、AT&T、星巴克和Energy Star等。
WPC創(chuàng)建于2008年，目前已有100多家會員，其中包括三星、LG、松下、索尼、摩托羅拉移動、Verizon Wireless、HTC和華為等。
在三大標準組織中，三星均為其成員。但很明顯可以看出三星更傾向于哪一家：三星去年聯(lián)合高通創(chuàng)建了A4WP。
有業(yè)內人士稱，有如此多的無線充電標準可選，相互之間的不兼容性將給用戶帶來不便，就好比用美國的電源插座去匹配英國的電源插頭。
此前，無線充電聯(lián)盟在今年年初發(fā)布了基于近場磁共振技術的無線充電配置，該技術無需設備和充電器直接接觸，還能對多部設備甚至不同類型的設備進行無線充電。對于無線充電設備，全球已經(jīng)有多家廠商在生產(chǎn)制造無線充電設備，并且在不斷完善無線充電的使用體驗和技術支撐，這也將大力的推進無線充電技術更快的走進人們生活的進程。
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參考英文原文：Intel joins A4WP wireless charging group, by Peter Clarke
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Intel joins A4WP wireless charging group
Peter Clarke
LONDON – Intel has joined the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) consortium and taken a seat on the board of directors along with Broadcom, Gill Industries, IDT, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics and Samsung Electro-Mechanics.
The move will put weight behind A4WP which is a rival standards organization to the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), seeking to provide wireless charging for portable consumer electronics devices, including, smartphones, tablet, netbook and laptop computers.
WPC was the first to market and claims as many as 8.5 million products have shipped using its Qi technology, some based on chips announced last fall by Texas Instruments. Intel demonstrated its own technology.
A4WP, which specifies the use of magnetic resonance technology, is capable of simultaneous charging of multiples devices and the flexible positioning of devices and a charging platter.
"Intel believes the A4WP specification, particularly the use of near field magnetic resonance technology, can provide a compelling consumer experience and enable new usage models that make device charging almost automatic," said Navin Shenoy, general manager of the mobile client platform division at Intel, in a statement issued by A4WP.
The A4WP mission includes development of industry specifications for submission to national and international standards development organizations, management of an A4WP certification program, including consumer-recognizable certification logo and the coordination with national and international regulatory agencies regarding policy and compliance.
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