“…6 While studies in this regard have recently been quite active, I would like to draw our attention to other possible new features that nonvolatility could bring along. Features such as instant boot and instant failure recovery through persistent computing, 7 where a system can come alive from power off in tens of milliseconds or less, may allow us to keep our phones "off" reducing battery consumption to the minimum. Furthermore, if applied to the cloud, such a feature could free us from provisioning for peak loads as systems may be turned on and off "instantly."…”