Memristor breakthrough could enable computers that work like human brains

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An image of a circuit with 17 memristors, each composed of two layers of titanium dioxide connected by wire, captured by an atomic force microscope. (Image: HP Labs)

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The team at HP Labs responsible for building the world’s first memristor in 2008 have discovered their creation has more capabilities than was previously thought. In addition to retaining a history of the information it has acquired making it useful for memory storage devices, the team has found it can perform logic, that could change the way computer systems are designed and enable faster more efficient computers "that would compute like human brains."

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