A motherboard cache comprised of flash memory that is used to hold the operating system and common applications. Developed by Intel, the system can be booted directly from the cache very quickly, and applications can be loaded considerably faster than reading them from the hard disk. See ReadyBoost and hybrid drive.
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- Hybrid drives: not so fast!
- Hybrid drives: not so fast!Thoughts on these benchmarksRobin,What are your thoughts on these benchmarks testing a solid state drive against some hybrid drives:http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3067&p=1Aside from the price, which is bound to fall over time, it seems like the ssd performs well.Hybrid drives solve a real problem for the mobile worldHybrid drives...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-27
- Robson_Intel Robson_v1.0.1.1004_Vista.zip 7.0.0.1020 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../Robson Intel Robson v1.0.1.1004/Readme.txt .../Robson/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:IntelR 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI...
- Software downloads 2007-05-04
- 20070917134539640_Intel_Robson_Driver1.0.1.1004.zip 7.0.0.1020 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../extract/Readme.txt .../Robson/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:IntelR 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HEM/HBM...
- Software downloads 2007-05-04
- Robson_v1.0.1.1004_Vistax64.zip 7.0.0.1020 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../Robson_v1.0.1.1004_Vistax64/Readme.txt .../Robson_ALL_1.0.1.1004/Readme.txt .../Robson/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:IntelR Flash Cache Logic Chip IntelR 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller IntelR...
- Software downloads 2007-05-04
- Robson_ALL_1.0.1.1004.zip 7.0.0.1020 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../Robson_ALL_1.0.1.1004/Readme.txt .../Robson/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:IntelR 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HEM/HBM...
- Software downloads 2007-05-04
- FPC46-1435-01_Intel_Turbo_Mem_Driver_V1.0.1.1004.exe 7.0.0.1020 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../extract/Readme.txt .../Robson/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:IntelR 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HEM/HBM...
- Software downloads 2007-05-04
- robson-20070919162555.zip 7.0.0.1020 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../Robson Package/Readme.txt .../Robson/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:IntelR 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller IntelR...
- Software downloads 2007-03-10
- robson-en-20080407162329.zip 7.0.0.1020 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../extract/Readme.txt .../Robson/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:IntelR 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HEM/HBM...
- Software downloads 2007-03-10
- robson-en-20080403082527.zip 7.0.0.1020 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../V1.0.0.1082/Readme.txt .../Robson/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:IntelR 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HEM/HBM...
- Software downloads 2007-03-10
- Robson.zip 7.0.0.1020 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../extract/Readme.txt .../Robson/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:IntelR 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HEM/HBM...
- Software downloads 2007-03-10
- 20070911123427734_Intel_Robson_Driver1.0.0.1082.zip 7.0.0.1020 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../extract/Readme.txt .../Robson/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:IntelR 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HEM/HBM...
- Software downloads 2007-03-10
- sp36056.exe 7.0.0.1020 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../extract/Readme.txt .../Robson/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:IntelR 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HEM/HBM...
- Software downloads 2007-03-10
- Robson_ALL.zip 7.0.0.1020 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../extract/Readme.txt .../Robson/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:IntelR 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HEM/HBM...
- Software downloads 2007-02-27
- Robson_ALL.zip 7.0.0.1014 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../extract/Readme.txt .../Robson/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:IntelR 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller IntelR 82801HEM/HBM...
- Software downloads 2007-01-22
- Mind the Gap
- The last few months have been hectic to say the least. After the Intel Developer Forum in late September, I’ve been flying around the planet more or less non-stop. When I was in Europe and Russia last month, before heading to Japan and China just before Thanksgiving, a familiar phrase...
- Blog posts 2006-12-04
- Robson or hybrid hard drive? The battle is coming
- Robson or hybrid hard drive? The battle is comingDing Dong the Hard Drive is DeadOr soon will be. And good riddance! Old, slow, hot, power hungry, and the bigest bottle neck in today's computers. Adios and see ya!Watching a little too much Star Trek?The hard drive will...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-29
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