Power Management and ACPI - Architecture and Driver Support

A comprehensive approach to system configuration and device power control is built into Microsoft Windows operating systems, based on the ACPI system interface and other new bus and device specifications. Windows supports capabilities that can be exploited by drivers and applications to improve the user's computing experience.

Power Management - WinHEC 2008

• Improving Platform Energy Efficiency [WinHEC 2008; 1.7 MB] [PPT]
• Network Power Management Fundamentals [WinHEC 2008; 1.2 MB] [PPT]
• Windows 7 Power Management Overview [WinHEC 2008; 2.7 MB] [PPT]
• Windows Server Power Management Implementation Details [WinHEC 2008; 947 KB] [PPT]
• Windows Server Power Management Overview [WinHEC 2008; 953 KB] [PPT]

Power Management Best Practices

• Application Power Management Best Practices for Windows Vista
• Designing Power-Friendly Devices
• Increasing System Power Efficiency through Driver Support for Runtime Idle Detection
• Mobile Battery Solutions Guide for Windows Vista
• Optimizing Windows Vista Platforms for Energy Efficiency
• PnP and Power Management in Framework-based Drivers
• Power In, Dollars Out: How to Stem the Flow in the Data Center
• Processor Power Management in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
• Recommendations for Power Budgeting with Windows Server
• Selective Suspend in USB Drivers
• Windows Disk Idle Detection

More Power Management Topics

• Battery Life and Energy Efficiency
• Building Energy-Smart Applications for Windows Vista [file]
  Visual Studio example code for responding to common power events
• How to Enable Processor Power Management in Windows Server 2003

Power Management - WinHEC 2007

• Designing Power Friendly Devices [WinHEC 2007; 13.5 MB] [PPT]
• PCs and Energy: Efficiency Implications for OEMs and IHVs [WinHEC 2007; 416 KB] [PPT]
• Power Optimizations for Windows Platforms [WinHEC 2007; 2.1 MB] [PPT]
• Windows Server Power Management [WinHEC 2007; 1.3 MB] [PPT]

ACPI & Power Management - WinHEC 2006

• ACPI in Windows Vista [WinHEC 2006; 450 KB] [PPT]
• Case Study: ATI Device Power Management in Windows Vista [WinHEC 2006; 658 KB] [PPT]
• Power Management in Windows Vista [WinHEC 2006; 459 KB] [PPT]

ACPI

• ACPI Driver Interface in Windows Vista
• ACPI Specifications [ACPI]
• Enabling PCI Express Native Control in Windows
• Extended PSS ACPI Method Specification
• How to Identify the Windows Version in ACPI by Using _OSI
• Microsoft ASL Compiler, v.4.0.0 [788 KB] [file]
• Static Resource Affinity Table

Power Management Developer References

• Implementing Power Management
• Industry Specification References for Windows Logo Program
• Power Management
• Windows Logo Program Requirements and Policies

Microsoft-defined ACPI Table Specifications

• Core System Resources Table – CSRT
• Microsoft Debug Port Table 2 (DBG2)
• Microsoft Software Licensing Tables (SLIC and MSDM)
• Multiprocessor Startup for Arm Platforms
• TPM 2.0 Hardware Interface Table (TPM2)
• Windows Platform Binary Table (WPBT)

See Also

• Archived White Papers
• Windows Power Management for Developers

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