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Intel Mobile Power Initiative Overview
The Mobile Power Initiative is a comprehensive industry initiative that addresses the future power challenges that face the mobile PC industry. Its goal is to lead a coordinated industry effort to deliver users future mobile PCs that are high-performance, feature-rich and power efficient. The initiative is supported by leading PC system manufacturers, component suppliers and software vendors and spans the mobile system hardware, system software and application software.

View a graphical overview of Mobile Power Initiative Components.

Intel recently hosted the ACPI Implementation Workshop, February 9-10, 1998 at the Embassy Suites in Burlingame, California. Browse/download workshop information and presentations.

Intel Mobile Power Guidelines '99 (Rev. 1.0, December 1, 1997)
Intel's Mobile Power Guidelines, a key element of the Power Initiative, sets power targets for each of the components on the mobile PC platform, and provides recommendations on how to meet these targets. The result will be future mobile PCs that add the capabilities and performance users demand within mobile thermal limits.

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New Additions to Version 1.0

  • Display Features and Power Targets
  • Battery life
    • Factors and assumptions
    • Total system power estimates
    • Battery life calculations
    • Design considerations
  • Other additions and changes based on industry feedback
Activity for the year 2000 platform will start in 1H '98.
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