New Phoenix BIOS Starts Windows 7 Boot In 1 Second

Posted by timothy on Friday September 25, 2009 @12:07AM from the nice-start dept.

suraj.sun excerpts from a tantalizing Engadget post: "Phoenix is showing off a few interesting things at IDF, but the real standout is their new Instant Boot BIOS [video here], a highly optimized UEFI implementation that can start loading an OS in just under a second. Combined with Windows 7's optimized startup procedure, that means you're looking at incredibly short boot times — we saw a retrofitted Dell Adamo hit the Windows desktop in 20 seconds, while a Lenovo T400s with a fast SSD got there in under 10."

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interviewer by FunkyELF · 2009-09-25 00:35 · Score: 0, Flamebait

The interviewer was an idiot.
Re:It will also "start to boot" Linux in 1 Second! by Hal_Porter · 2009-09-25 00:36 · Score: 0, Flamebait

But there is no special relationship between this bios and Windows 7, meaning that Linux can't also start-to-boot in 1 second!
Somewhere in Redmond a troll just snorted battery acid and gasoline all over its keyboard.

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