In response to worldwide demand for resource conservation and sustainability, the computing industry is investing heavily in making more energy-efficient computers. In Energy Aware Computing, the authors show that both hardware and software have a role in conserving energy. Drawing on their combined engineering experience, the authors describe how computer systems from embedded systems up through enterprise data centers can save power by making energy-efficient hardware and software decisions at the design stage.

"If you're a developer, read this book, internalize the guidance, and write apps that thrill your users and Mother Earth."

-George O. Goodman, Executive Director, Climate Savers Computing Initiative

"A must read book for anybody who wants to work in state-of-the-art energy-aware computing."

-Weisong Shi, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Wayne State University

"This book is a blueprint for organizations to design and follow energy conservation practices in hardware and software."

-G. R. Gangadharan, IBM Research, India

"The book's encyclopedic coverage makes it an invaluable resource for IT practitioners, technology developers, and students focused on one of the core societal challenges of our time, energy efficiency."

-Professor Andrew A. Chien, William Eckhardt Professor of Computer Science, University of Chicago

Bob Steigerwald is an engineering manager at Intel Corporation. He has over 30 years of industry experience as a software engineer, associate professor of computer science, program manager, and engineering manager. He has spent the past four years leading an Intel team researching methods to improve software performance and energy efficiency. Bob earned his B.S. in computer science from the USAF Academy, masters from the University of Illinois, MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and PhD from the Naval Postgraduate School.

Christopher D. Lucero has been working in product design for 22 years. His experience ranges from medical to aerospace engineering. While at Intel, Chris has been focused on thermal/mechanical enabling for embedded applications going on 15 years. He has 13 U.S. patents related to thermal applications for embedded markets.

Chakravarthy Akella has six years of experience as a thermal engineer at Intel working in the field of embedded design. He has three years of research experience in the field of electronics cooling at the University of Arizona. Chakravarthy earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Nagpur University, India and his master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona.

Abhishek Agrawal has over 10 years of industry experience and currently drives Intel's initiatives on power efficiency for client and Intel® Atom™ processor-based platforms. He has significant research experience in energy efficiency and has authored and co-authored several industry whitepapers and technical papers in refereed international conferences and journals. Abhishek is Intel's representative for the Climate Savers Computing Initiative and has participated in numerous industry panels on green computing. Abhishek is a member of IEEE and ACM.