hardware, protocol (SBD) A method to monitor a rechargeable

battery pack, initiated by Duracell and Intel. An special

IC in the battery pack monitors the battery and reports

information to the SMBus. This information might include:

type, model number, manufacturer, characteristics, discharge

rate, predicted remaining capacity, almost-discharged alarm so

that the PC can shut down gracefully; temperature and voltage

to provide safe fast-charging.