 The world’s smallest
memristive switch.  A passive two-
 (50 x 50 nanometers)
 Information storage
device.
 A concentration of
memory resistors.
terminal circuit
elements that
maintains a functional
relationship between
the time integrals of
current and voltage.
 A type of electrical
circuit.

 The fourth mystery

element that joins the
capacitor, resistor,
and inductor.
 Provides greater  Combines the jobs of
resiliency and working memory and
reliability when hard drives into one
power is interrupted tiny device.
in data centers.
 Faster and less
 Have great data expensive than
density. MRAM.
 Uses less energy and  Operating outside of
produces less heat.
 Would allow for a
quicker boot up since
information is not lost
when the device is
turned off.
0s and 1s allows it to
imitate brain
functions.
 Eliminates the need
to write computer
programs that
replicate small parts
of the brain.
 Creating a Computer  Density allows for
that never has to boot more information to
up. be stored.

 Does not lose  Has the capacity to

information when remember the charge
turned off. that flows through it
at a given point in
time.
 Conventional devices  Faster than Flash
use only 0 and 1; memory.
Memristor can use  Allow digital cameras
anything between 0 to take pictures with
and 1 (0.3, 0.8, 0.5, no delay inbetween.
etc.)
 Innovating
nanotechnology due
to the fact that it
performs better the
smaller it becomes.
 By changing the speed  A fast and hard
and strength of the current causes it to act
current, it is possible as a digital device.
to change the
behavior of the  A soft and slow
device. current causes it to act
as an analog device.
 Hope to one day have
a computer that
processes information
in the same way as the
human brain.
 Gaining control over
the device could lead
to computers that
actually learn.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080501-maintaining-
moores-law-with-new-memristor-circuits.html
 Development of  Could lead to the
nonvolatile memory replacement of the
with a memristor transistor.
base.
 HP is currently  Appliances that
focusing on this “learn” from
possibility.
experiences.
 Use less power.
 More magnetic than
magnetic disks.
 Could be put in cell  Used in common
phones as monitoring devices for
devices to track unbelievable storage.
pollution and other  Camera can take days
things in the worth of video with
environment. storage the size of an
average thumb drive.
 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.
 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.