The only thing using power in Standby mode is the ram holding a charge right? So... Why not just put an equal amount of flash on a laptop and dump the ram content onto the flash when going into standby. Then when you start back up just dump the flash back onto the ram. Bam, quick startup with no power used in standby mode...
@LazarusDark Not really, but there was supposed to be this thing called MRAM and also a phase change version of it too. This would be non-volitlie RAM used as your main system memory that would replace the current style of RAM in computers. Then it really would be instant on as the memory would be how you left it when you turned it off. It has been about 3-5 years since these were announced and I haven't seen anything for awhile now, so it is apparently another one of those technology things that never quite gets done.
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The only thing using power in Standby mode is the ram holding a charge right? So... Why not just put an equal amount of flash on a laptop and dump the ram content onto the flash when going into standby. Then when you start back up just dump the flash back onto the ram. Bam, quick startup with no power used in standby mode...
Am I missing something?
@LazarusDark
Not really, but there was supposed to be this thing called MRAM and also a phase change version of it too. This would be non-volitlie RAM used as your main system memory that would replace the current style of RAM in computers. Then it really would be instant on as the memory would be how you left it when you turned it off. It has been about 3-5 years since these were announced and I haven't seen anything for awhile now, so it is apparently another one of those technology things that never quite gets done.