Products using the chipsets are expected to come out in 2013, Intel said.

Some reports have said the next Apple MacBook laptop will have wireless charging capability based on the Intel-IDT technology.

"[The jointly developed] product is important and new because it leads to a solution that isn't limited to inductive charging and 'smartphone on a charging mat' usage," Intel spokesman Dan Snyder wrote in .

"Although we are not yet giving out timeframes for consumer products with WCT enabled, IDT has stated they will be delivering their full chipset solution for reference design work in early 2013," Snyder added. "The ecosystem is already excited about this technology so we assume there will be a race to the finish line for sure."

Currently, wireless chargers can supply up to 5 watts of power, the equivalent of most USB-style chargers available today. By comparison, a USB port on a laptop, which shares it's bandwidth with data I/O, offers only 2.5 watts of power.