10 Technologies That Will Transform PCs in 2015 and Beyond

by Jared Newman, InfoWorld

There is much to get excited about computers when you consider all the things that go into PCs to make them faster, lighter, more powerful, and more convenient to use. Intel’s next chipset, codenamed Broadwell, may strike a better balance for 2-in-1 PCs, as it will allow for 12.5-inch tablets that weigh less than 1.5 pounds and are thinner than an iPad Air.

Over the next six years, AMD expects its processors to become 25 times more power-efficient, outpacing Moore’s law by shifting some of the workload to the graphics processor. Meanwhile, a push by Intel for “wire-free” PCs by 2016 could enable wireless charging and low-latency screen sharing to gain some traction.

The USB Implementers Forum will follow up Apple’s Lightning cable with a standard cable that will be 3.1 times faster and offer fewer headaches. The International Electrotechnical Commission will publish a technical specification for universal laptop chargers this year.

Other advances to look for include tear-free gaming with DisplayPort Adaptive Sync, DDR4 memory, hybrid memory cubes for faster speeds at lower power, SATA Express for faster SSD performance, and wireless 802.11ax for less-congested networks.  Article