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Now, Framework is taking us to 180 watts \u2014 and the CEO expects 240-watt chargers right around the corner. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Today, the modular laptop company revealed that it will ship its upcoming Framework Laptop 16<\/a> with the first 180W USB-C PD 3.1 charger that we\u2019ve ever heard of<\/a>, developed in partnership with Chicony. It\u2019s only twice the size of its 60W power adapter at 116.6 x 58.2 x 27mm, but with three times the juice, and the two-meter USB-C cable is still detachable despite it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n But that doesn\u2019t mean the Framework Laptop 16 is a 180W laptop. The company says at maximum performance, with a detachable discrete GPU module installed, it\u2019ll actually draw from battery as well as this 180W wall adapter \u2014 to avoid that, you\u2019d plug in one of the 240W USB PD chargers that Framework expects will soon arrive from third parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThe silicon to enable these is now available.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWe haven\u2019t seen other 180W and 240W USB-PD 3.1 power adapters announced yet, but since the silicon to enable these is now available, we anticipate peripheral brands launching these soon,\u201d Framework founder and CEO Nirav Patel tells The Verge.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The company says it uses Weltrend WT6676F, ON Semi NCP1622, and JoulWatt JW1556 controllers, as well as GaN switching parts from both GaN Systems and Navitas \u201cpeaking at an amazing 93% efficiency\u201d for this 180W adapter. Both those parts and Chicony\u2019s assistance as a power supply manufacturer are obviously there for other companies to use as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n I wonder if this will push other PC makers to go faster. While we\u2019ve seen proprietary 240W<\/a> and even 300W solutions<\/a> for fast-charging phones, 240W USB-C laptops were a no-show at CES and Computex from what I\u2019ve heard. This new MSI Creator Prestige<\/a> will apparently go to 140W, but it\u2019s a year and half after Apple already did so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n