Phoenix Award BIOS
Technical Standards
Phoenix Award™ BIOS continues to support standard AT-compatible features, including Legacy PC AT interrupt service routines and compatibility with device service routines, to ensure a clear interface with existing software for your designs.
Phoenix Technologies consistently works with industry leaders and standards associations to ensure support of the latest technology standards:
| ACPI/APM |
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Award BIOS complies with the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification, revision 1.0, and supports APM BIOS specifications through 1.2. |
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| NetPC |
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NetPC support in Award BIOS lowers the Total Cost of Ownership of computer systems. |
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| PC 2001 |
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Award BIOS complies with PC 2001 requirements. |
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| Managed PC |
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Phoenix is implementing software to support the Managed PC initiative. |
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| I2O (Intelligent I/O) |
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Phoenix Technologies is a member of the I2O SIG and supports I2O architecture in the AwardBIOS. |
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| System Management BIOS |
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Phoenix Technologies has participated actively in development of the SMBIOS specification, successor to the Desktop Management BIOS specification, and has implemented support in the AwardBIOS. |
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| Plug and Play |
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Award BIOS detects and configures PnP devices during POST and, through its PnP extensions, communicates with Windows to determine system resources. Support of Microsoft's AML permits compatibility with PnP capability in future Windows operating systems (e.g., MS Windows 2000). |
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| PCI |
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Award BIOS supports Intel's Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus specification ver. 2.1, including PCI-to-PCI and PCI-to-ISA bridging. |
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| USB |
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Award BIOS USB module supports both Universal and Open HCI standards, maintaining full core compatibility and providing Legacy support for USB HID (human input device) hardware and multi-layered USB hubs. |
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