I don’t want to wait until my laptop Operating System boots up, Do you? Imagine If the OS in your computer starts with out booting, we can save those five minutes, right? For us the ‘ Instant on ‘ computing is coming soon.

The ferroelectric materials found in today’s "smart cards" used in subway, ATM and fuel cards soon may eliminate the time-consuming booting and rebooting of computer operating systems by providing an "instant-on" capability as well as preventing losses from power outages.

Ferroelectric materials provide low-power, high-efficiency electronic memory. Smart cards use the technology to instantly reveal and update stored information when waved before a reader. A computer with this capability could instantly provide information and other data to the user.

More research is needed to achieve a ferroelectric transistor that would make "instant on" computing a reality, but having the materials in direct contact, free of intervening reaction layers, is an important step.

Materials researchers says rebooting soon may be a thing of the past.