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unusual facts about power management



Energy Star

The Energy Star program has helped spread the use of LED traffic lights, efficient fluorescent lighting, power management systems for office equipment, and low standby energy use.

LongRun

LongRun and LongRun2 are power management technologies introduced by Transmeta.


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Active State Power Management

As serial-based PCIe bus devices, such as IEEE1394 (FireWire), become less active, it is possible for the computer's power management system to take the opportunity to reduce overall power consumption by placing the link PHY into a low-power mode and instructing other devices on the link to follow suit.

Mark Crisson

After resigning his Navy commission in 1975, he first joined Tacoma Public Utilities in Tacoma, Washington as part of its Power Management group, and stayed eight years before leaving in 1983 to become power manager for Martin Marietta when it owned an aluminum company.

TCO Certification

The first TCO certification, for 1992, defined low emission standard for computer displays, and power management features, which is a superset of MPR-II standards.

Voltage and frequency scaling

Dynamic voltage scaling, a power management technique in computer architecture, where the voltage used in a component is increased or decreased, depending upon circumstances