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Intel Slashes Computer Startup Times

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the an-end-run-around-the-bsod dept.

An anonymous reader writes "At Intel's Developer Forum in Taiwan, Intel introduced a new Non-volatile caching technology called 'Robson'." The new Robson cache technology allows computers to start up almost immediately and load programs much faster. Intel declined to comment on the specifics of how the technology works only saying that 'More information will be revealed later'.

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  1. DOH! by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Informative

    From TFA:

    "Chipmaker demonstrates 'Robson' flash memory to boost laptop startup speeds."

    Mystery solved.

  2. Re:If they just took the crap out... by NotAnotherReboot · · Score: 5, Informative

    Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but Acrobat 7 finally fixed the issue of loading a bazillion plugins at startup that almost no one uses. I believe it now dynamically loads them as needed.

    Load times for Acrobat 7 vs. Acrobat 6 are clearly far less. The fix often mentioned is to delete/move non-key plugins from the Acrobat plugin folder, but their solution finally fixes the problem in an elegant way.