20 PCWorld FEBRUARY 2019NEWS
IMAGE: RAZERRGB fans, rejoice: Corsair’s
new Capellix LED technology
is about to change everything
Capellix LED technology increases density of LEDs while lowering power consumption.
BY GORDON MAH UNGR
GB lighting on gaming PCs is
about to get a whole lot
brighter and a whole lot more
efficient thanks to Corsair’s new
Capellix LED technology, which promises to
be 60 percent brighter while using 40
percent less power.
The new LEDs are incredibly tiny and
dense compared to typical SMD, or surface
mount device, LEDs. That density could oneday lead to RGB grids on a case door or
front panel with far more granularity than
today’s LEDs.
Corsair didn’t create the LED technology
but it did work with a manufacturer to take
LED technology that normally would never be
applied to a PC and had it adapted to
computer applications.
The LEDs are so efficient, Corsair said it
will be able to use them in wireless keyboards