The Next Step in Revolutionary Electronics

Posted on September 5, 2008 in Off Topic | 1 Comment

Wired has posted a pretty interesting article, “Scientists Create First Memristor: Missing Fourth Electronic Circuit Element.” I can’t even imagine the possibilities this technology would bring to digital video and digital editing.

…Researchers at HP Labs have built the first working prototypes of an important new electronic component that may lead to instant-on PCs as well as analog computers that process information the way the human brain does.

The new component is called a memristor, or memory resistor. Up until today, the circuit element had only been described in a series of mathematical equations written by Leon Chua, who in 1971 was an engineering student studying non-linear circuits. Chua knew the circuit element should exist — he even accurately outlined its properties and how it would work. Unfortunately, neither he nor the rest of the engineering community could come up with a physical manifestation that matched his mathematical expression.

— WIRED | Read The Full Article