June 11, 2007

Microsoft insists Vista provides Turbo Memory support

by Brian Turner

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Microsoft has refuted claims from Sony that its latest Vista operating system does not support either Intel’s Turbo Memory technology or hybrid hard drives.

Sony has said that it will not include Turbo Memory in its Vaio laptops, due to be launched this summer, because Vista will not support Turbo Memory until Service Pack 1 (SP1) of Vista is released later this year.

Turbo Memory, code-named Robson, is an embedded flash memory, and is an optional component of Intel’s Centrino Pro/Duo platform (previously known as Santa Rosa), which utilises Vista features such as ReadyBoost and ReadyDrive.

The features are designed to work alongside a computer’s RAM and traditional hard drive to enhance performance and accelerate start-up time.

Microsoft however says that Sony’s claims are mistaken. The company has issued a statement saying that it has worked with Intel to ensure that Turbo Memory works with Windows Vista technologies that support intelligent NVRAM cache management: SuperFetch, ReadyBoost, and ReadyDrive.

Sony has defended its claims and says the omission of support for Turbo Memory and hybrid hard disk drives (H-DDs) in the current release of Vista arose during the finalisation of Vista, when support for third-stage memory was omitted in order to speed Vista’s launch onto the market.

Sony expects to launch Turbo Memory-enabled laptops after Vista SP1 appears towards the end of this year.

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