Intel might power Apple’s flash enabled notebooks

World’s largest microprocessor company Intel has already confirmed that they are working on incorporating NAND flash memory into its next-generation notebook platform.

This technology would enable their partners to develop products, which boots up faster than current generation of notebooks.

Apple could be one of the beneficiaries of this technology considering they already are one of the biggest consumers of NAND flash memory in the market with their iPod range of digital music players.

Intel is planning to add the technology as a feature of its Santa Rosa notebook platform, which should be out in the market sometime early next year.

Intel chief executive Paul Otellini recently spoke on this platform: “The platform that launches next year will have NAND on the motherboard for the first time that we know of out there. [It] significantly improves notebook performance and battery life.”

He further said: “This means it is more available to the main memory and the microprocessor. It doesn’t have to go out to the drive. Since it doesn’t have to go out to the drive as often, it consumes less battery life under notebook mode.”