Logic trick with memristors may transform the silicon chip
APR 12, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024236
Various : Hewlett-Packard scientists last week announced a new advancement in memristors or memory resistors. They were theoretically conceived in 1971 by Leon O. Chua , an electrical engineer at the University of California, Berkeley, but they were not put into practical effect until 2008 at an HP lab .Memristors are simpler than today’s semiconducting transistors, but can store information even in the absence of an electrical current.The new breakthrough, published in Nature , is that a memristor can perform logic steps, potentially enabling computation to be performed in chips where data are stored. Related news pick Big advance reported in memory chip design Related links From lab to fab—An HP Labs discovery demonstrates the viability—and versatility—of memristor technology HP press release âMemristive’ switches enable âstateful’ logic operations via material implication Nature HP labs outlines breakthroughs in memristor chip research eWeek HP sees a revolution in memory chip New York Times
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