1. A method for managing sleep states of one or more interrupt controllers of processors contained within a portable computing device comprising: defining wake-up interrupt settings in a storage device contained within the portable computing device; generating an alert that wake-up settings in the storage device have been defined; reviewing wake-up interrupt settings in the storage device for a plurality of interrupt controllers that correspond with a plurality of processors contained within the portable computing device; merging the wake-up settings in the storage device; and sending the merged wake-up settings to a power manager responsible for issuing signals to place interrupt controllers into a sleep state.