ICT SupportStarting Your PC in a Flash

Starting Your PC in a Flash. Eric Hellweg. Technology Review.com. Since the early 1990s, Bill Gates has had a consistent lament: the standard PC or notebook takes far too long to boot up. ...In the world of technology, of course, a general lament is also a golden opportunity. ...The most recent advance came on October 17, when Intel engineers at the Intel Developer Forum in Taipei, Taiwan, unveiled a prototype technology, codenamed "Robson," that reduces startup time in notebooks from "several seconds" to "almost immediate," according to a report on the demonstration at PCWorld.com. … According to research firm Semico, in 2000, a gigabyte of NAND RAM cost around $1,900. Five years later, it's a mere $50. And the firm expects that price to slide to around $9 by 2009. …