Today's computers represent a quantum leap in performance and complexity compared with the technology available only a few years ago. Nevertheless, a paramount goal of these late and future designs is ...

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Data centers demand cooler-running Linux boxes, and several projects are starting to deliver. Len Brown can only be a glutton for punishment; he is, after all, the maintainer of the Linux ACPI ...

At the highest level of power management techniques is ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface), an open-industry specification co-developed by Compaq, Intel, Microsoft, Phoenix, and Toshiba.

If you use an Asus computer in your business, it might be missing the correct ACPI – Advanced Configuration and Power Interface – driver. ACPI drivers regulate power and system functions and are vital ...

Targeting applications with advanced configuration power interface (ACPI) requirements, the W83301R power control IC supports two configuration modes. One mode provides outputs to generate 5V for I/O, ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Power management (PM) software is a crucial component in battery-powered systems, such as PDAs and laptops, because it helps conserve power when the system is inactive. As a simple example, power may ...