Memristors: What exciting future developments could come out of memristors?
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From the sources below, the most promising applications of memristors see to be (in order of maturity):
http://en.wikipedia.org/w
http://www.wired.com/gadg
http://spectrum.ieee.org/
http://www.technologyrevi
- Persistent RAM, dubbed RRAM (Resistive RAM) which will replace flash memory (much faster,10x less power consumption) and is scheduled to be released to market by HP and Hynix in 2013.
- Instant-on computers. Once RRAM gets competitive with DRAM in speed, we could develop systems that get powered off an on again without needing to reboot (load data to RAM).
- Efficient analog computers. Analog circuits can do some tasks much more efficiently than digital equivalents. The memristor, as a fundamental circuit element, enables the design of purely analog integrated circuits, with applications mainly in signal processing and scientific computations.
- Enhanced neural networks. Memristance is a property encountered in neuron synapses and memristors are discussed as a means to build the perfect artificial neuron, so, in time, neural network computers and artificial intelligence may be their most important application.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w
http://www.wired.com/gadg
http://spectrum.ieee.org/
http://www.technologyrevi
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