[Ti] Intel cuts PC boot time

[Ondra Soukup]

I got some Chicony from friend notebook and guess what, the hard- 
drive was in some sort of bay that you put into the notebook. Friend  
said it lasted just few minutes on battery. The connector on the bay  
was CF interface. With little modification (like these to non- 
original airport cards) to regular CF card, it fitted there just  
right. But there was one leg missing (the one on the drive bay). Now  
the battery lasts about 50 minutes running linux.
On Oct 19, 2005, at 4:17 PM, Justin R. Miller wrote:

> I've used a 1GB CF card in a PCMCIA adapter for fun before... at  
> the very least, it's quiet!  Makes sense that the battery would  
> last longer as well.
>
> On Oct 19, 2005, at 12:16 AM, Timothy Luoma wrote:
>
>
>>
>> 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
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