Friday, October 21, 2005
Intel's Robson Technology Utilizes NAND Flash RAM to Cut PC Boot Time
Posted by Ekkie Tepsupornchai in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 01:00 PM
"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."
This is pretty awesome! This technology brings PCs much closer to the "instant-on" capability that has separated PDAs from handheld PCs. To take this idea a step further, many of you already know that there have been major steps over the past couple of years to bring miniaturized PCs to market (Darius' prior post on the Intel Ruby prototype is a great example). If you could tote around an OQO or Intel Ruby-type of unit with instant-on capability, you'd essentially have a laptop replacement that also could replace (and even enhance) anything a PDA can do. What do you think?
This is pretty awesome! This technology brings PCs much closer to the "instant-on" capability that has separated PDAs from handheld PCs. To take this idea a step further, many of you already know that there have been major steps over the past couple of years to bring miniaturized PCs to market (Darius' prior post on the Intel Ruby prototype is a great example). If you could tote around an OQO or Intel Ruby-type of unit with instant-on capability, you'd essentially have a laptop replacement that also could replace (and even enhance) anything a PDA can do. What do you think?
