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Boot up in seconds with the iRam

Remember the days of RAM disks? They're back, with the Giga-byte iRam. This PC card sports four DDR DRAM units and acts as a PC drive. Claiming speeds of up to 60 times faster than a standard hard drive, Giga-byte has been demo'ing PC's starting up into XP in a matter of seconds. Users can install up to 4GB into the four slots on the PCI board. Memory is kept alive as long as the computer is plugged in, and then backed up with a 12-hour emergency battery. Expect it to cost around $60 (without the memory, of course).