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Power Management Specifications
- Power Supply '98 defines a low-cost power supply that delivers the features required to achieve the full benefits of the new Instantly Available PC power management architecture. As always, feel free to send comments or points of clarification to Instantly_AvailablePC@ccm.jf.intel.com. We encourage and welcome this communication. Comments and input received will be considered in future updates of the design guide, or may be added to the FAQs.
- The Instantly Available PC Power Management Design Guide will allow next generation PCs to be 'instantly available' to both the user and communications applications to meet the growing demands of on-line computing. At the same time, as more computers come on-line, in the interest of maximizing energy resources each system must also become more power-efficient. As always, feel free to send comments or points of clarification to PS98@ccm.jf.intel.com. We encourage and welcome this communication. Comments and input received will be considered in future updates of the Specification, or may be added to the FAQs.
- The PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification (Adobe Acrobat format - 222K) is a new specification developed to enhance the base PCI Bus Revision 2.1 architecture to include standardized power management capabilities. Intel chaired the PCISIG Power Management Workgroup, receiving key contributions from other PCISIG member companies including Texas Instruments, IBM, Compaq, and Adaptec. The new specification is architecturally aligned with the ACPI specification, and as such, enables PCI devices, both motherboard and add-in, to participate in platform-wide operating system-directed power management.
- The Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification is an open industry specification proposed by Intel, Microsoft and Toshiba.
ACPI enables and supports reliable power management through improved hardware and operating system coordination.
- The Smart Battery System (SBS) specifications, jointly developed by Intel and nine other companies, define a set of hardware and software interfaces for intelligent rechargeable batteries in notebooks and subnotebooks. Taken together, these specifications define a system level solution for smart batteries, including the battery, the charger, the communication bus, the battery selector and the BIOS layer.
- The APM BIOS Specification jointly authored by Intel and Microsoft, contains information for software developers to implement an APM BIOS or APM driver.
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