<s>
Intel	B-Device
Turbo	I-Device
Memory	I-Device
is	O
a	O
technology	O
introduced	O
by	O
Intel	O
Corporation	O
that	O
uses	O
NAND	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
modules	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
time	O
it	O
takes	O
for	O
a	O
computer	O
to	O
power	O
up	O
,	O
access	O
programs	O
,	O
and	O
write	O
data	O
to	O
the	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
supported	O
by	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
Core	O
2	O
Mobile	O
chipset	B-Device
series	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
by	O
the	O
newer	O
Core	B-General_Concept
i	I-General_Concept
Series	I-General_Concept
mobile	O
chipsets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
technology	O
was	O
publicly	O
introduced	O
on	O
October	O
24	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
Intel	O
Developer	O
Forum	O
(	O
IDF	O
)	O
in	O
Taiwan	O
when	O
a	O
laptop	B-Device
that	O
booted	O
up	O
almost	O
immediately	O
was	O
demonstrated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
technology	O
attempts	O
to	O
decrease	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
usage	O
by	O
moving	O
frequently	O
accessed	O
data	O
over	O
to	O
the	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
faster	O
than	O
hard	B-Device
drives	I-Device
and	O
requires	O
less	O
power	O
to	O
operate	O
,	O
thereby	O
allowing	O
laptops	B-Device
to	O
operate	O
faster	O
while	O
also	O
being	O
more	O
power	O
efficient	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Turbo	B-Device
memory	I-Device
cache	O
connects	O
to	O
a	O
motherboard	B-Device
via	O
a	O
mini-PCIe	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
leverage	O
features	O
introduced	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
namely	O
ReadyBoost	O
(	O
a	O
supplementation	O
of	O
RAM-based	O
disk	O
caching	O
by	O
dedicated	O
files	O
on	O
flash	B-Device
drives	I-Device
,	O
except	O
on	O
the	O
512	O
MB	O
version	O
)	O
and/or	O
ReadyDrive	O
(	O
a	O
non-volatile	O
caching	O
solution	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
a	O
hybrid	B-Device
drive	I-Device
,	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
storage	O
is	O
n't	O
already	O
one	O
)	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Turbo	B-Device
Memory	I-Device
is	O
not	O
compatible	O
with	O
previous	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
(	O
with	O
only	O
a	O
no-op	B-Language
driver	O
that	O
merely	O
acknowledges	O
the	O
device	O
existing	O
for	O
Windows	O
2000	O
and	O
XP	O
)	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	O
support	O
is	O
limited	O
to	O
a	O
third-party	O
experimental	O
MTD	B-Application
driver	O
only	O
supporting	O
2	O
GB	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	B-Device
Turbo	I-Device
Memory	I-Device
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
May	O
9	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
Intel	O
's	O
Santa	O
Rosa	O
platform	O
and	O
their	O
Crestline	O
(	O
GM965	O
)	O
chipsets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	B-Device
Turbo	I-Device
Memory	I-Device
2.0	O
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
July	O
15	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
on	O
Intel	O
's	O
Montevina	O
platform	O
and	O
their	O
Cantiga	O
(	O
GM47	O
)	O
chipsets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
supported	O
in	O
the	O
Intel	O
965	O
Express	O
chipset	B-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
Intel	O
4	O
Series	O
Express	O
chipsets	B-Device
(	O
2GB	O
and	O
4GB	O
modules	O
only	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
retailers	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Acer	O
,	O
Asus	O
,	O
Dell	O
,	O
Lenovo	O
,	O
Sager	O
,	O
Toshiba	O
,	O
etc.	O
,	O
sold	O
laptops	B-Device
enabled	O
with	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
Turbo	I-Device
Memory	I-Device
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ars	O
Technica	O
wrote	O
in	O
2009	O
that	O
Turbo	B-Device
Memory	I-Device
"	O
never	O
took	O
off	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
CNET	O
similarly	O
pronounced	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
never	O
widely	O
adopted	O
"	O
,	O
because	O
"	O
Turbo	B-Device
Memory	I-Device
(	O
and	O
Turbo	B-Device
Memory	I-Device
2.0	O
)	O
was	O
n't	O
cheap	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
definitely	O
was	O
n't	O
worth	O
the	O
cost.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
Intel	O
had	O
announced	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
Turbo	B-Device
Memory	I-Device
for	O
the	O
5-Series	O
mobile	O
chipsets	B-Device
,	O
codename	O
Braidwood	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ThinkPad	B-Operating_System
lineup	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
first	B-Device
generation	I-Device
Intel	I-Device
Core-i	I-Device
platform	I-Device
features	O
lands	O
to	O
connect	O
a	O
Braidwood	O
module	O
,	O
however	O
no	O
production	O
ThinkPad	B-Operating_System
motherboard	B-Device
had	O
the	O
connector	O
populated	O
.	O
</s>
