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Apparatus and method to decrease boot time and hibernate awaken time of a computer system

  • US 20050278522A1
  • Filed: 08/16/2005
  • Published: 12/15/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computing apparatus comprising:

  • a display unit that is capable of generating video images;

    an input device;

    a non-persistent system memory;

    a persistent storage device comprising;

    at least one disk assembly for storing data including an operating system and programs having data files, the at least one disk assembly having a disk spin-up time;

    a controller in communication with the at least one disk assembly, the controller having a cache buffer for caching data from the at least one disk assembly; and

    a flash memory for storing static configuration data and dynamic configuration data, the flash memory in communication with the controller and having a size sufficient to store the static configuration data and the dynamic configuration data such that a time of loading the static configuration data and the dynamic configuration data into the non-persistent system memory is approximately equal to the disk spin-up time; and

    a processor operatively coupled to the display unit, the input device, the non-persistent memory and the persistent storage device, wherein the processor is programmed to execute an operating system program.

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