HP on Thursday announced that its research arm, HP Labs, has discovered that the “memristor” — a resistor with memory — can perform logic. This could let data storage chips take over computation from specialized central processing units. HP researchers have designed a new architecture that stacks multiple layers of memristor memory on top of each other in a single chip. Together with the taking over of computation from specialized CPUs, this could be used to create handheld devices with 10 times the memory of today’s products, among other things.
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HP's Memristor Tinkering Promises Big Things for Small Devices
Posted by: Richard Adhikari April 8, 2010 12:47 PMHP on Thursday announced that its research arm, HP Labs, has discovered that the “memristor” — a resistor with memory — can perform logic. This could let data storage chips take over computation from specialized central processing units. HP researchers have designed a new architecture that stacks multiple layers of memristor memory on top of each other in a single chip. Together with the taking over of computation from specialized CPUs, this could be used to create handheld devices with 10 times the memory of today’s products, among other things.