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SMBus
Last modified: Thursday, February 09, 2006
The System Management Bus (SMBus) is a
two-wire interface through which simple power-related chips can communicate with
rest of the system. It uses I2C as its backbone. With the
SMBus, a device can provide manufacturer information, tell the system what its
model or part number is, save its state for a suspend event, report different types
of errors, accept control parameters and return its status.
SMBus Specifications This page contains the released SMBus specifications, newly published updates and new specifications for review.
SMBus.org SMBus is the System Management Bus defined by Intel Corp. in 1995. It is used in personal computers and servers for low-speed system management communications.
