ACPI power management

E186770

ACPI power management is a standardized interface that allows an operating system to control and reduce a computer’s power usage by managing hardware power states and system sleep modes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf computer hardware interface ⓘ
power management standard ⓘ
abbreviation ACPI ⓘ
aimsTo extend battery life on mobile systems ⓘ
reduce overall system power consumption ⓘ
allows operating system to control hardware power states ⓘ
appliesTo desktops ⓘ
laptops ⓘ
servers ⓘ
basedOn Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ⓘ
contributesTo energy efficiency of modern computers ⓘ
defines standardized interface between operating system and firmware ⓘ
enables operating system–directed power management ⓘ
exposes power management information to the operating system ⓘ
firstIntroducedIn late 1990s ⓘ
interactsWith embedded controller on many systems ⓘ
isUsedBy Linux operating systems ⓘ
linked to: GNU/Linux

Microsoft Windows operating systems ⓘ
linked to: Windows

macOS operating systems ⓘ
manages device power states ⓘ
processor power states ⓘ
system sleep states ⓘ
thermal management features ⓘ
provides methods for AC adapter status reporting ⓘ
methods for battery status reporting ⓘ
methods for controlling system sleep and wake ⓘ
methods for device enumeration and configuration ⓘ
reliesOn system BIOS or UEFI firmware ⓘ
replaced legacy APM power management ⓘ
requires firmware support ⓘ
operating system support ⓘ
standardizedBy industry consortium including Intel and Microsoft ⓘ
supports CPU performance and throttling states ⓘ
S0 working state ⓘ
S1 sleep state ⓘ
S2 sleep state ⓘ
S3 sleep state ⓘ
S4 hibernation state ⓘ
S5 soft off state ⓘ
device hot-plug in some platforms ⓘ
fan control policies ⓘ
lid open and close events on laptops ⓘ
plug and play configuration ⓘ
power button events ⓘ
runtime power management of devices ⓘ
thermal zones for temperature monitoring ⓘ
wake events from devices ⓘ
uses ACPI tables provided by system firmware ⓘ
AML bytecode interpreted by the operating system ⓘ

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Windows 2000 → supports → ACPI power management ⓘ
ACPI power management → basedOn → Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ⓘ
linked to: ACPI power management
ACPI power management → abbreviation → ACPI ⓘ
linked to: ACPI power management
OSR2.5 → supports → ACPI (limited, OEM-dependent) ⓘ
linked to: ACPI power management
SpeedStep → usedIn → Windows power management ⓘ
linked to: ACPI power management
Cloud Hypervisor → supports → ACPI ⓘ
linked to: ACPI power management