The ACPI advantage for powering future-generation computers

摘要

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 to make this complexity transparent to users. With minimal setup and intervention, these computers will be able to wake up to perform routine maintenance, download software updates, send and receive fax transmissions, answer the telephone, download audio and video streams, and, when the tasks are complete, go back to a low-power sleep state in which they consume less power than a night light. This type of operation is available in the world of IAPCs (instantly available PCs).