[Ti] Intel cuts PC boot time

[Timothy Luoma]

Intel cuts PC boot time
By Michael Kanellos

Intel is showing off a future technology called Robson that could cut  
that annoying boot-up time.

With Robson, a PC pulls data and applications off an add-in flash  
memory card and Intel software, rather than the PC's hard drive.  
Flash reacts more quickly than hard drives, thus cutting down the  
time it takes to launch an application. Potentially, notebook users  
could experience a longer battery life because the hard drive, which  
is spun by a motor, wouldn't have to work as hard.

(more)
URL: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5897993.html
Printer: http://news.zdnet.com/2102-1040_22-5897993.html?tag=printthis


See also:

Flash! Laptop boot time shortened

10/18/2005 8:40:57 AM, by Eric Bangeman

Intel showed off its new Robson cache technology yesterday, when it  
gave a demonstration using a laptop that booted up almost  
immediately. The laptop in the question was equipped with a nice  
chunk of NAND flash RAM, which made the super-speedy startup time  
possible. As part of the demonstration, Intel also launched several  
applications from the flash drive, including Adobe Reader in 0.4  
seconds and Quicken in 2.9 seconds

more: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051018-5446.html