Flash BIOS instead of battery?

[Whizzard9992]

Another thread spawned this question, and I'm curious now:

With Flash memory being so inexpensive and time-tested, why do our motherboards still need batteries??

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[coronaz]

You know the saying.. "if it aint broke.."

with that in mind.. I'm sure things will begin to change soon.

 

[SSS_DDK]

Another thread spawned this question, and I'm curious now:

With Flash memory being so inexpensive and time-tested, why do our motherboards still need batteries??

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For your friendly day clock!!

 

[evongugg]

We are going towards EFI Bios.
Extensible Firmware Interface Bios.
What we are using today is antiquated, dating back to the first computers.