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- noun physics A
passive electrical element in which theelectrical resistance is proportional to the integral of theelectrical current between the terminals.
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Examples
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The memristor is now deemed the future of computer memory because of its odd behavior: The more electricity you run through it, the more its electrical resistance increases.
Five words shaping our future Steven E. Levingston 2010
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Semiconductor companies have spent billions investing in memristor-free chip designs, and it may not be easy to get them to change, he says.
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The concept of a "memristor" -- the name is a portmanteau of "memory" and "transistor" -- has been around since 1971, when it was described in a paper by UC Berkeley professor Leon Chua.
Computerworld News 2010
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HP Labs researchers have discovered that the "memristor" - a resistor with memory that represents the fourth basic circuit element in electrical engineering - has more capabilities than was previously thought.
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The microscopic device, called a memristor, could one day lead to PCs that don't need to boot up and music players with more memory and battery life.
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The microscopic device, called a memristor, could one day lead to PCs ...
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The new component is called a memristor, or memory resistor.
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The new component is called a memristor, or memory resistor.
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They will be hybrids, three-dimensional systems in which lower-level circuits will be based on a nanoelectronic technology called the memristor, which Hewlett-Packard is developing to store data.
NYT > Home Page By JOHN MARKOFF 2011
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Researchers at HP Labs have proven the existence of a fourth fundamental circuit element in electrical engineering called the memristor -- short for memory resistor.
Top Tech News 2010
avivamagnolia commented on the word memristor
The four passive components of electronics are the resistor, capacitor, inductor and the memristor, which was discovered only a few months ago. Memristors (from memory-resistors, geddit?) are resistors whose resistance depends on their past. In that sense they remember the past or, as an electronics engineer might put it, they store information. From the article:
Memristors Made into Low Cost, High Density RRAM (Resistive Random Access Memory)
January 17, 2009
eggoabbas commented on the word memristor
a circuit component; relates charge and magnetic flux; theorized by Leon Chua in 1971; recently achieved on nanoscale
July 8, 2009