The business edition of Microsoft's new Vista operating system was officially released to the market in the end of November. Its home edition is expected to be introduced during the end of January, 2007. One of the highlights of the system is the newly added Ready Boost function, which provides supplementary cache memory for the computer to use after the boot up process. The external memory can be utilized to store frequently used programs, which helps decrease the HDD's (Hard Disk Drive) access frequency, and enhance the overall computer performance. In general, UFD (USB Flash drives), memory cards, SSD (solid state disks), Hybrid HDD, Robson module, MP3 players,..etc, are equipped with NAND Flash storage devices that are potentially capable of employing Ready Boost. During the beginning, it is expected that the Ready Boost function will be employed in high speed UFD and memory cards.

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