Technologies for collaborative hardware and software scenario-based power management

A method for collaborative hardware-software power management, the method comprising:

• detecting, by a computing device, a present usage scenario of the computing device;
• determining, by the computing device, whether the present usage scenario qualifies for power boost;
• exiting, by a computing device, a low-power idle state during the present usage scenario;
• applying, by the computing device, a boosted power management policy in response to determining the present usage scenario qualifies for power boost;
• and
• applying, by the computing device, a default power management policy in response to determining the present usage scenario does not quality for power boost, wherein the boosted power management policy defines a higher power consumption of the computing device relative to the default power management policy.

One or more computer-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed cause a computing device to:

• detect a present usage scenario of the computing device;
• determine whether the present usage scenario qualifies for power boost;
• exit a low-power idle state during the present usage scenario;
• apply a boosted power management policy in response to determining the present usage scenario qualifies for power boost;
• and
• apply a default power management policy in response to determining the present usage scenario does not quality for power boost, wherein the boosted power management policy defines a higher power consumption of the computing device relative to the default power management policy.