Transcript Benefits of Memristor

The Memristor
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The world’s smallest
memristive switch.
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(50 x 50 nanometers)
Information storage
device.
A concentration of
memory resistors.
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A passive twoterminal circuit
elements that
maintains a functional
relationship between
the time integrals of
current and voltage.
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A type of electrical
circuit.
The fourth mystery
element that joins the
capacitor, resistor,
and inductor.
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Provides greater
resiliency and
reliability when
power is interrupted
in data centers.
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Have great data
density.
Combines the jobs of
working memory and
hard drives into one
tiny device.
Faster and less
expensive than
MRAM.
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Uses less energy and
produces less heat.
Would allow for a
quicker boot up since
information is not lost
when the device is
turned off.
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Operating outside of
0s and 1s allows it to
imitate brain
functions.
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Eliminates the need
to write computer
programs that
replicate small parts
of the brain.
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Creating a Computer
that never has to boot
up.
Does not lose
information when
turned off.
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Density allows for
more information to
be stored.
Has the capacity to
remember the charge
that flows through it
at a given point in
time.
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Conventional devices
use only 0 and 1;
Memristor can use
anything between 0
and 1 (0.3, 0.8, 0.5,
etc.)
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Faster than Flash
memory.
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Allow digital cameras
to take pictures with
no delay inbetween.
Innovating
nanotechnology due
to the fact that it
performs better the
smaller it becomes.
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By changing the speed
and strength of the
current, it is possible
to change the
behavior of the
device.
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A fast and hard
current causes it to act
as a digital device.
A soft and slow
current causes it to act
as an analog device.
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Hope to one day have
a computer that
processes information
in the same way as the
human brain.
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Gaining control over
the device could lead
to computers that
actually learn.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080501-maintainingmoores-law-with-new-memristor-circuits.html
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Development of
nonvolatile memory
with a memristor
base.
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HP is currently
focusing on this
possibility.
Use less power.
More magnetic than
magnetic disks.
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Could lead to the
replacement of the
transistor.
Appliances that
“learn” from
experiences.
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Could be put in cell
phones as monitoring
devices to track
pollution and other
things in the
environment.
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Used in common
devices for
unbelievable storage.
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Camera can take days
worth of video with
storage the size of an
average thumb drive.
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Resistor - a two-terminal electronic component
designed to oppose an electric current by
producing a voltage drop between its terminals
in proportion to the current.
Inductor-a passive electrical component with
significant inductance
Capacitor- an electronic device that can store
energy in the electric field between a pair of
conductors.
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Nanotechnology- a field of applied science
whose theme is the control of matter on an
atomic and molecular scale.
MRAM- ( Magnetoresistive Random Access
Memory ) a non-volatile computer memory
technology.