This is a BIG deal: memristor

I_Forgot · 30th April 2008, 07:53 PM

Here is a basic, everything-you-know-is-wrong type of discovery. This is going to be VERY BIG.

http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/s...leID=207403521

I_F

DcibeL · 30th April 2008, 09:45 PM

I think that's a bit of a stretch. It's a new technology, not a new part of electrical theory.

Circuits still consist of resistance, capacitance, and inductance. This new technology involves a a change in resistance in relation to current. It's neat, and useful in many applications as the article explains, but I'm not about to start measuring the memristance of anything.

xyrion · 1st May 2008, 12:19 AM

Here's more reading material:
http://tinyurl.com/58jq9d (wired)
http://tinyurl.com/3rwdpc (ieeexplore)

10 years after, somewhere on DIYaudio...

Parts needed for this project:
-memristor
-memristor
-memristor
-memristor
-...

I_Forgot · 1st May 2008, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DcibeL
I think that's a bit of a stretch. It's a new technology, not a new part of electrical theory.

Circuits still consist of resistance, capacitance, and inductance. This new technology involves a a change in resistance in relation to current. It's neat, and useful in many applications as the article explains, but I'm not about to start measuring the memristance of anything.

Your thinking is limited by exposure to existing stuff that is all based on R, L, and C. When everything you have learned is based on red, blue and green, it is hard to imagine strawberry.

I_F

sharpi31 · 1st May 2008, 06:12 AM

Aren't strawberries red?

Luke · 1st May 2008, 06:37 AM

Quote:

Aren't strawberries red?

We see what we expect to see

jackinnj · 1st May 2008, 04:45 PM

here's the picture from the New York Times (they actually don't mind you cutting and pasting) :

May 1, 2008
H.P. Reports Big Advance in Memory Chip Design
By JOHN MARKOFFalso make it possible to fashion advanced logic circuits, a class of reprogrammable chips known as field programmable gate arrays, that are widely used for rapid prototyping of new circuits and for custom-made chips that need to be manufactured quickly.

Juergen Knoop · 1st May 2008, 05:01 PM

just another bunch of scientists hunting for funds.
The pseudo-scientific press needs a sensation every issue.
regards

badman · 1st May 2008, 05:42 PM

We have things like this already, if not specifically like this. I agree, it's a great "discovery" but it's definitely getting overblown in terms of it's place in fundamental circuit theory.

Certainly some of the possibilities are incredible.

bwaslo · 1st May 2008, 05:59 PM

you might want to take a look at the original 1971 paper (look it up at IEEE). It does look to be much what it is said to be, a fundamental element.

30th April 2008, 07:53 PM	#1
I_Forgot diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Phoenix, Az.	This is a BIG deal: memristor Here is a basic, everything-you-know-is-wrong type of discovery. This is going to be VERY BIG. http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/s...leID=207403521 I_F

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DcibeL diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Saskatchewan	I think that's a bit of a stretch. It's a new technology, not a new part of electrical theory. Circuits still consist of resistance, capacitance, and inductance. This new technology involves a a change in resistance in relation to current. It's neat, and useful in many applications as the article explains, but I'm not about to start measuring the memristance of anything. __________________ The power of Science compels you!

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badman Custom Title diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sunny Tustin, SoCal	Wouldn't things like a varistor count? We have things like this already, if not specifically like this. I agree, it's a great "discovery" but it's definitely getting overblown in terms of it's place in fundamental circuit theory. Certainly some of the possibilities are incredible. __________________ I write for www.enjoythemusic.com in the DIY section. You may find yourself getting a preview of a project in-progress. Be warned!

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jackinnj diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Llanddewi Brefi, NJ	here's the picture from the New York Times (they actually don't mind you cutting and pasting) : May 1, 2008 H.P. Reports Big Advance in Memory Chip Design By JOHN MARKOFFalso make it possible to fashion advanced logic circuits, a class of reprogrammable chips known as field programmable gate arrays, that are widely used for rapid prototyping of new circuits and for custom-made chips that need to be manufactured quickly.

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Juergen Knoop diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Blog Entries: 3	just another bunch of scientists hunting for funds. The pseudo-scientific press needs a sensation every issue. regards

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bwaslo diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2006	you might want to take a look at the original 1971 paper (look it up at IEEE). It does look to be much what it is said to be, a fundamental element.

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