Moving on from Silicon Electronics!

[Mosaic]

Can this really be so? Time will tell.
https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/26/tech/mci-eth-memristor/index.html

 

[dr pepper]

Interesting if they ever get to the stage where they can process.
As memory cells they will no doubt be usefull.
Or will it be one of those thigns that just fades away, certainly at some point silicon junctions will be superceeded.

 

[Tony Stewart]

Flash NOR Memory by some is already N level and not binary to gain on memory density, but not speed.
i.e. 4 levels encodes 2 bits per cell, 8L=3 bits etc.

- Intel and Micron are sending out samples of 20nm NAND flash, at 2 bits per cell, in 8GB die area sizes of 118mm

- Somehow the terms ionic and static charge and hi speed transistors seems like an OXYMORON.

 

[Ratchit]

Can this really be so? Time will tell.
https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/26/tech/mci-eth-memristor/index.html

Very vague article with respect to how the device works. Also, many false facts stated. Why is that device any more of a fundamental electrical component with respect to the BJT or FET?

Ratch

 

[Tony Stewart]

Uh-oh!
It could be you, or it could be us, but there's no page here

Very vague article with respect to how the device works. Also, many false facts stated. Why is that device any more of a fundamental electrical component with respect to the BJT or FET?

Ratch

Uh-oh!
It could be you, or it could be us, but there's no page here

 

[Ratchit]

Uh-oh!
It could be you, or it could be us, but there's no page here

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Looks like CNN realized how poorly the article was written and killed it.

Ratch

 

[MrAl]

Very vague article with respect to how the device works. Also, many false facts stated. Why is that device any more of a fundamental electrical component with respect to the BJT or FET?

Ratch

Hi,

A transistor is not considered a fundamental electrical component. The fundamental components before the Memristor were the resistor (R), inductor (L), and capacitor (C). Now there is the memristor (M).

The resistor relates current to voltage. R=dv/di
The inductor relates current to flux. L=dPhi/di
The capacitor relates voltage to charge. C=dq/dv
So we have v and i related with the resistor, phi and i related with the inductor, q and v related with the capacitor, but nothing (yet) that relates phi to q.
So is there anything that relates phi to q?

The missing link is the memristor:
M=dPhi/dq

This thing relates phi to q, and so it is believed to be as fundamental as the other three. This means it might appear somewhere in nature too. But whether or not current devices are really memristors might also come into question. The ideal concept of a memristor completes circuit theory, but that doesnt mean we actually have a true memristor in the lab yet.

As a side note, vertical transistors are beginning to bridge the gap between real estate and increased functionality, where Moore's Law starts to break down. Going smaller and smaller in technology has the adverse side effect of reducing reliability, but the vertical idea allows a larger technology again, thus boosting reliability. This is no pipe dream anymore either, as there are storage devices available with warranties up to 10 years when before we were lucky to see 3 years.

 

[killivolt]

I thought they already are doing testing of memristors in Cell phones and other devices?

kv