
USAR Systems announced its implementation of the Smart Battery System Manager (SBSM). SBSM, as defined in version 1.1 of the SBS specifications, is the component responsible for managing the battery subsystem of notebooks. USAR integrates this component into many members of the USAR ACPITroller family of ACPI-compliant notebook keyboard embedded controllers for the ISA and LPC interfaces. The integration of many features necessary to notebooks on a single IC reduces costs and saves real estate.