Memristor

 

                                                      Memristor: Mimics The Human Brain

Theoretically predicted: By Leon Chua in 1971.

First practical device: Created by researchers at HP Labs in 2008, using titanium dioxide.

Memristors bridge memory and processing — key for faster, smaller, and more power-efficient computing systems. 

Their ability to mimic the human brain makes them especially important in the development of brain-inspired (neuromorphic) systems.

                                                                       Applications 

• Non-volatile memory: It retains information without power. 

• Non-volatile memory (ReRAM): As a potential replacement for flash memory.

• Analog behavior: Unlike digital memory (0 or 1), a memristor can store a continuum of resistance values — allowing analog data storage .     

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