Intel has unveiled a future technology called “Robson”
that is designed to slash PC boot-up times and extend battery
life.
To cut start-up times, Robson pulls data and applications off an
add-in flash memory card, rather than using the PC's hard
drive.
Robson is designed to speed both PC “on” times and the time it
takes to start up applications once the machine is active.
Flash memory reacts quicker than a hard drive, thereby cutting
the time it takes to launch an application. As a result, laptop
users could experience a longer battery life, as the hard drive,
which is spun by a motor, does not need to work so hard.
A Robson card can contain anything from 64Mbytes to 4Gbytes of
memory – the larger the memory the larger the number of
applications and processes that can take advantage of the
technology.
Intel has not so far released a launch date for the
technology.
