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Memristor
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memristor
YouTube Symposium at University of California Merced:
Part 1 Intro and theory of memristors: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFdDPzcZwbs
Part 2 Neural networks with memristors: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9u9o_ToQwM&feature=channel
Part 3 Applications: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7cX_m5IKxk
R=V/i
C=V/q
L=Phi/i= flux per amp
Memristor =Charge per flux in theory
The memristor is not a breakthrough because it is the first non-volatile memory. Flash memory is
non-volatile memory as well. As of 2008-2009, flash memory is becoming more popular in replacing
rotating memory (hard disc drives) with solid state drives (SSD). The advantage with the memristor
array is density.
If you took a semiconductor memory and replaced it with a crossbar array of memristors, one could
manufacture a static memory device which was ten times the density of a similar chip built with CMOS
transistors. These devices could be used to fabricate memories which could conceivably hold feature
length films in High Definition and fit in a small USB memory stick.
The only barrier to using these devices for replacing the logic functions is that they 'wear out' after
about 10 million cycles. Once this problem is conquered, I would suspect that the memristor arrays will
be used to construct large neural networks which should revolutionize the pursuit of artificial general
intelligence (AGI).
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Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memristor
YouTube Symposium at University of California Merced:
Part 1 Intro and theory of memristors: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFdDPzcZwbs
Part 2 Neural networks with memristors: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9u9o_ToQwM&feature=channel
Part 3 Applications: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7cX_m5IKxk
R=V/i
C=V/q
L=Phi/i= flux per amp
Memristor =Charge per flux in theory
The memristor is not a breakthrough because it is the first non-volatile memory. Flash memory is
non-volatile memory as well. As of 2008-2009, flash memory is becoming more popular in replacing
rotating memory (hard disc drives) with solid state drives (SSD). The advantage with the memristor
array is density.
If you took a semiconductor memory and replaced it with a crossbar array of memristors, one could
manufacture a static memory device which was ten times the density of a similar chip built with CMOS
transistors. These devices could be used to fabricate memories which could conceivably hold feature
length films in High Definition and fit in a small USB memory stick.
The only barrier to using these devices for replacing the logic functions is that they 'wear out' after
about 10 million cycles. Once this problem is conquered, I would suspect that the memristor arrays will
be used to construct large neural networks which should revolutionize the pursuit of artificial general
intelligence (AGI).
Next
