The whole start-up process for computers that seems so slow and so yesterday might eventually give way to instant-on capability with the help of a breakthrough announced Friday.
But don't expect to fully understand this unless you're fluent in all things ferroelectric.
Ferroelectric material are the stuff of ATM cards. Let's pretend we know that and move on. ATM cards use the technology to instantly reveal and update stored information when waved before a reader, as you've experienced every time you swipe your card.
A computer with this capability could instantly be up and running, without all that hullabaloo of booting and rebooting.
More: http://www.livescience.com/technology/090417-instant-on-computers.html
But don't expect to fully understand this unless you're fluent in all things ferroelectric.
Ferroelectric material are the stuff of ATM cards. Let's pretend we know that and move on. ATM cards use the technology to instantly reveal and update stored information when waved before a reader, as you've experienced every time you swipe your card.
A computer with this capability could instantly be up and running, without all that hullabaloo of booting and rebooting.
More: http://www.livescience.com/technology/090417-instant-on-computers.html