SBS News Site

<body topmargin="6" leftmargin="6">  <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" cellspacing="6"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#003399" width="529"><h4><a name="articles"></a><font color="#FFFFCC" face="Comic Sans MS">Articles</font></h4> </td> <td bgcolor="#003399" width="65" align="right"><h4><font color="#FFFFCC" face="Comic Sans MS">Date</font></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="529"><font face="Arial"><small><a href="articles/PS_Batteries_Inter.PDF">The Importance of Full Smart Battery Data (SBData) Specification Implementation</a>, <em>Powersmart, Inc.</em></small></font></td> <td width="65" align="right" valign="top"><small><font face="Arial">6/3/99</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="529"><small><font face="Arial"><a HREF="http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EET19980427S0075">ACPI Updates OS Power Management</a>, <em>EE Times</em></font></small></td> <td width="65" align="right" valign="top"><small><font face="Arial">4/27/98</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="529"><font face="Arial"><small><a href="articles/SBS%20Smart%20Battery%20Interface%20Guidelines%202-98.PDF">SBS Smart Battery Interface Guidelines</a>, <em>Portable and Wireless 1998</em></small></font></td> <td width="65" align="right" valign="top"><small><font face="Arial">2/98</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="529"><small><font face="Arial"><a HREF="http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EET19980202S0091">PS'98 slashes desktop power needs, but OEMs say Intel underestimated bill of materials--Cost concerns dog Intel's PC power spec</a>, <em>EETimes</em></font></small></td> <td width="65" align="right" valign="top"><small><font face="Arial">2/2/98</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="529"><small><font face="Arial"><a HREF="http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EET19970714S0093">SMBus Drives to Manage Battery Charge</a>, <em>EE Times</em></font></small></td> <td width="65" align="right" valign="top"><small><font face="Arial">7/14/97</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="529"><small><font face="Arial"><a HREF="http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EET19970519S0092">ACPI Powers PCs with a 'Soft' Touch</a>, <em>EE Times</em></font></small></td> <td width="65" align="right" valign="top"><small><font face="Arial">5/19/97</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="529"><small><font face="Arial"><a HREF="http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EET19970310S0051">Notebooks Make High-End Moves</a>, <em>EE Times</em></font></small></td> <td width="65" align="right" valign="top"><small><font face="Arial">3/10/97</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="529"><small><font face="Arial"><a HREF="http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?CRN19970224S0065">OnNow Ability To Be Standard On Windows</a>, <em>Computer Reseller News</em></font></small></td> <td width="65" align="right" valign="top"><small><font face="Arial">2/24/97</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="529"><small><font face="Arial"><a HREF="http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EET19970127S0095">Smart-Battery Technologies Push Design</a>, <em>EE Times</em></font></small></td> <td width="65" align="right" valign="top"><small><font face="Arial">1/27/97</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="529"><small><font face="Arial"><a HREF="http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EET19961021S0101">Industry Shares Stake in Smart-Battery Spec</a>, <em>EE Times</em></font></small></td> <td width="65" align="right" valign="top"><small><font face="Arial">10/21/96</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="529"><small><font face="Arial"><a HREF="http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EBN19961021S0099">Smart-Battery Standard Proposed</a>, <em>Electronic Buyer's News</em></font></small></td> <td width="65" align="right" valign="top"><small><font face="Arial">10/21/96</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="529"><small><font face="Arial"><a HREF="http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EET19960408S0063">Batteries Gain Still More Intelligence</a>, <em>EE Times</em></font></small></td> <td width="65" align="right" valign="top"><small><font face="Arial">4/8/96</font></small></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" cellspacing="6"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#003399"><h4><a name="conferences"></a><font color="#FFFFCC" face="Comic Sans MS">Developer's Conference Archive (PDF format files)</font></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="dc2/dc2_main.htm" target="main"><font face="Arial" size="2">SBS IF 2nd Developer's Conference in Tokyo, March 18 and 19, 1999</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" cellspacing="12"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#003399"><h4><a name="events"></a><font color="#FFFFCC" face="Comic Sans MS">Coming Events & Attractions!</font></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Helvetica,Arial" size="2">The Smart Battery Systems Implementers Forum (SBS-IF), in conjunction with Portable Design Magazine, sponsored a Developers Conference and Interoperability Workshop on February 9-11, 2000 in Palm Springs, California. The conference covered such topics as drivers and integrating the OS with the SBS, SMBus for PCI, system manageability (IPMI) and methods for proper Smart Battery management. ACPI, handheld issues, Smart Battery safety and accuracy as well as recent updates to the SBS specifications will also be covered. Proceedings to this conference are available to SBS IF members. Go to the Members Site Download page to access the proceedings.</font></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" cellspacing="6"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#003399"><h4><a name="meetings"></a><font color="#FFFFCC" face="Comic Sans MS">Meeting Presentations (WinZIP archives)</font></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="meetings/SBS_Jpn_Oct98_1.zip"><font face="Arial" size="2">SBS IF Developers Meeting, Tokyo, October 22-23, 1998. File #1 of 4</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="meetings/SBS_Jpn_Oct98_2.zip"><font face="Arial" size="2">SBS IF Developers Meeting, Tokyo, October 22-23, 1998. File #2 of 4</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="meetings/SBS_Jpn_Oct98_3.zip"><font face="Arial" size="2">SBS IF Developers Meeting, Tokyo, October 22-23, 1998. File #3 of 4</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="meetings/SBS_Jpn_Oct98_4.zip"><font face="Arial" size="2">SBS IF Developers Meeting, Tokyo, October 22-23, 1998. File #4 of 4</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="devcon98.htm"><font face="Arial" size="2">SBS IF Developers Conference Proceedings, Kauai, HI, February 2-4, 1998</font></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" align="left" cellspacing="6"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#003399" width="542"><h4><a name="press"></a><font color="#FFFFCC" face="Comic Sans MS">Press Releases</font></h4> </td> <td bgcolor="#003399" width="65" align="right"><h4><font color="#FFFFCC" face="Comic Sans MS">Date</font></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="542"><a href="pressrel/SBSDevcon01feb00.PDF"><small><font face="Arial">Evaluation version of new SMBus driver to be given away at SBS IF Developers Conference next week in Palm Springs</font></small></a></td> <td width="65" align="right" valign="top"><small><font face="Arial">02/01/00</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="542"><small><font face="Arial"><a href="pressrel/sbsnews_13dec99.pdf">SBS IF Announces 3rd Developers Conference to be held in Palm Springs, California on February 9, 10 and 11, 2000.</a></font></small></td> <td width="65" align="right" valign="top"><small><font face="Arial">12/13/99</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="542"><a HREF="pressrel/sb5oct98.pdf"><small><font face="Arial">SBS IF Announces New Industry Specifications</font></small></a></td> <td width="65" align="right" valign="top"><small><font face="Arial">10/5/98</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="542"><a HREF="http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/smartbat.htm"><small><font face="Arial">Ten Companies Announce Cooperative Ownership of Smart Battery Standards</font></small></a></td> <td width="65" align="right" valign="top"><small><font face="Arial">10/14/96</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="542"></td> <td width="65" align="right"></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" cellspacing="6"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#003399"><h4><font color="#FFFFCC" face="Comic Sans MS"><a name="technical"></a>Technical Links</font></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><small><font face="Arial"><a HREF="http://developer.intel.com/design/desguide/">PC99 version 1.0 is available at this site</a>, by Intel & Microsoft</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td><small><font face="Arial"><a href="articles/pbd97c1.pdf">SMBus Architecture and Implementation Overview</a>, PDF from Robert Dunstan at Intel, via Portable by Design show.</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td><small><font face="Arial"><a HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/pcfuture/acpifaq2.htm">Frequently Asked Questions about ACPI and Microsoft Operating Systems</a>, At Microsoft.</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p>  </p> <p> </p>   </body>