The System Power Management Interface (SPMI) is a high-speed, low- latency, bi-directional, two-wire serial

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suitable for

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control of

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and frequency scaled multi-core application processors and its power management of auxiliary components. SPMI obsoletes a number of legacy, custom point-to-point interfaces and provides a low pin count, high-speed control bus for up to 4

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and 16 slave devices. SPMI is specified by the

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(Mobile Industry Process Interface Alliance).

References

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