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"If you pay close attention on Figure 5 you will see that the flash memory chips used are from Intel, and accordingly to them at least initially they won’t allow notebook manufacturers to implement Robson technology to be used with memory chips from other vendors."

"ReadyDrive, on the other hand, is the command set used by Windows Vista to handle non-volatile memories. This technology is also known as PITON or T13."

"Robson driver. This is the heart of Robson technology—the Robson driver interfaces to Microsoft Vista’s ReadyDrive and ReadyBoost technologies, interfaces to the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager driver, and provides all the control functions necessary for managing NAND flash in a caching role.Intel® NAND flash memory. Robson cards are powered by Intel NAND memory that offers 40 Mb/s reads and 12-15 Mb/s writes.Diamond Lake ASIC controller. This controller translates the system’s PCI Express signals to the Intel NAND memory and manages the retirement of Flash memory blocks as needed.OROM BIOS. Robson technology includes BIOS-level option ROM (OROM) code which manages NAND access before the OS and drivers load. The OROM also controls separation handling, critical to maintaining data integrity"

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