It's possible to boot a PC in less time than snapping a finger!
The BIOS is the main culprit for endless PC boot time; even before Microsoft Windows kicks in.
But today at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, Calif., Phoenix Technologies showed that it shouldn’t be that way.
The Milpitas, Calif.-company demonstrated a VIA-based PC that boots up in only 73 milliseconds, less than the time it takes to snap your fingers; from a power-off situation to the beginning of loading Windows.
“Clearly, if it’s possible for us to boot a PC in 73 milliseconds, it is possible for all BIOS manufacturers to do that. Although today they don’t all do that, mostly because there’s a time to market issue; you have to actually do work to fine tune the BIOS to achieve that,” explains Steve Jones, chief scientist at Phoenix Technologies.
I just can’t imagine the time, the energy and the money the world could save, if only the PC manufacturers took a little bit more time to optimize their BIOS!
In a related news, Phoenix showed off for the first time their HyperSpace quick boot software running on an ARM-based PC.
Here’s a short video excerpt of my conversation with Phoenix Technologies Steve Jones:
The Phoenix Technologies’ boot time demo:
And the HyperSpace demo running on an ARM-based PC:
