Bob G

Readyboost technology for Windows XP (Download Squad)

Feb 4th 2008 6:51AM Wouldn't it be much easier for the motherboard manufacturers install an programable eprom flash memory chip on the motherboard for this purpose? A flash card is the same thing, an eprom. In my old HP palmtops the flash memory cards could be used as additional RAM and eprom for an OS. This, however, is a problem with the Windows OS that doesn't recognize a flash card or chip as useable RAM. But an eprom chip on the motherboard could be used as booster or programmable type BIOS for many programs. An eprom retains all the information and is not erased on shutdown. A BIOS starts a motherboard and hardware on it and an eprom could be used to accelerate an OS and contain all the booting infromation for an OS. I have wondered about this for many years now and still don't understand why it hasn't been done yet. Eproms are widely used in the automobile computers so why not in a home PC? Maybe I should patent this idea, you heard it here first.