AMD ATHLON 8 User Manual

Chapter 4 Power Management 9
25175H—March 2003 AMD Athlon™ XP Processor Model 8 Data Sheet
Preliminary Information
4 Power Management
This chapter describes the power management control system
of the AMD Athlon™ XP processor model 8. The power
management features of the processor are compliant with the
ACPI 1.0b and ACPI 2.0 specifications.
4.1 Power Management States
The AMD Athlon XP processor model 8 supports low-power
Halt and Stop Grant states. These states are used by advanced
configuration and power interface (ACPI) enabled operating
systems for processor power management.
Figure 3 shows the power management states of the processor.
The figure includes the ACPI “Cx” naming convention for these
states.
Figure 3. AMD Athlon™ XP Processor Model 8 Power Management States
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Note: The AMD Athlon
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System Bus is connected during the following states:
1) The Probe state
2) During transitions between the Halt state and the C2 Stop Grant state
3) During transitions between the C2 Stop Grant state and the Halt state
4) C0 Working state
Software transitions
Hardware transitions
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AMD ATHLON 8 Specifications

General

Brand	AMD
Model	ATHLON 8
Category	Computer Hardware
Language	English