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 ...

A firmware component is essential for embedded systems using Intel architecture designs. The firmware layer plays a critical role in embedded system power management. OS-directed power management ...

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 ...

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 ...

Overall design of the power-management subsystem involves several system-oriented issues. Adequate space must be available for the selected power supply. Make sure the power supply will fit in the ...