Memristors to be mass produced

Hynix will start manufacturing Memristors first demonstrated by HP in 2006. It will be the first time this new circuit component has been mass produced.

The BBC reports that Memristors are considered to be the "missing link" in electronics, a fourth element to supplement the more familiar resistor, capacitor and inductor that together form the basis of every electronic device yet made.

In short, it is a resistor with memory: applying an electric voltage can change how much the device blocks electric current - and memristors can "remember" that level - even when the power is turned off.

That makes it a candidate for memory that requires little energy to store information - like the current standard for non-volatile memory, Flash.

Read the full BBC news story at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11165087