Intel want faster computer boot

Flash memory has become the philosopher stone of the computing industry. Always faster, its energy consumption is very low and it won't be wiped when the power is off.
Intel wish to use it as a base for their "Robson" technology.
They'd add to their computers (laptops, first) a certain amount of Flash memory, from some tens of Mo to some Go. This Flash would stock the first elements required to boot a computer, which will use it until the other components will be ready to function. This memory will then be used when the computer is operating in order to accelerate the launching of applications and to save energy by working as a disk cache. To end up with it, it will allow a deeper sleep, which will cost less energy.
This solution with Flash and a dedicated software will be some kind of intelligent cache, doing its best to anticipate the machine uses.
Intel probably used the works made on predictions that the CPUs have to do to accelerate calculations in pipelines.