Booting - new idea?

[Arto Inkala <ainkala@eia.fi>]

Hello,

booting takes usually tens of seconds and it's based on starting and
running different programs. Is it possible to skip this part of booting?

Particularly, is it possible to save the state of hardware and memories
during shutdown and upload them during boot time? I suppose, this would
minimize booting time, if it is technically possible to realize and
start programs this way?

If there is already this kind of project going on, I'd like to hear
about it.

Regards,
	Arto