Course Description

This course explains what ACPI is and how it is used. The specification will be thoroughly dissected (tables, structures, bits and fields, with hardware and software work shops and case study examples). At the end of this you will understand the operation, options and requirements, for a ACPI compliant machine. You will also receive a spiral bound hard copy of the current specification.

• Become thoroughly familiar with the ACPI 3.0 specification and organization
• Understand power management requirements for different platforms
• Understand the ACPI hardware structures and software model that allow for processor and OS independence
  

Attendees should have a good understanding of computer systems terms and operations found in our PC Architecture course. This includes basic parallel bus hardware operation and familiarity with at least one higher level programming language including Basic, C, Fortran or Java.