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HP Advances Next-Gen Memory Technology

Posted by samzenpus on from the newest-and-greatest dept.

angry tapir writes "HP scientists have made a small breakthrough in the development of a next-generation memory technology called memristors, which some see as a potential replacement for today's widely used flash and DRAM technologies. In a paper to be published today in the journal Nanotechnology, scientists report that they have mapped out the basic chemistry and structure of what happens inside a memristor during its electrical operation."

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  1. powers of ten by necro81 · · Score: 3, Informative
    FTFA:

    HP's latest breakthrough was to use highly focused X-rays to pinpoint a channel, just 100 nanometers wide, where the resistance switching takes place. A nanometer is about a millionth of a centimeter.

    [smacks forehead and groans]

    If by "about" you mean "about ten times smaller than".

    1. Re:powers of ten by stranger_to_himself · · Score: 5, Informative

      Much better article summarising this for the lay person (ie begins by explaining what memresitors are).

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13392857

  2. Link to original article by zrbyte · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here's a link (paywall) to the research paper and a free preprint, if anyone cares to read. These *** news sites are never able to publish a link to the original paper.