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Finding the Missing Memristor - R. Stanley Williams

The Qualcomm Institute · 133.1K views · 2010-01-22 · 47:52

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R. Stanley Williams of HP Labs gives a keynote on the memristor, covering the physics, crossbar computation, and potential for memory and new computer architectures.

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Recommended for years as the best technical introduction to memristors from the person who found the physical device.

Recommended by 12 HN people across 10 months · HN mentions 2010–2024

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FD3SA · 2014-11 · Strong recommendation

This is an interesting implementation of the memristor, but I still think the real breakthrough will be in the two state memristor [1]. Once memristor fabrication technology is mature, we are going to see a massive paradigm shift away from the Von Neumann architecture. All the details are in the linked video by HP's Stan Williams. Definitely worth a watch if you're interested in the future of computing 1. [VIDEO] (start at 38m for future computing implications) EDIT: Another video [2], but a bit more in depth. Recommended if the material in the first was a bit confusing as Stan was short on time to explain some of the details. 2. [LINK]

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achille · 2014-06 · Strong recommendation

I encourage folks to watch this tech talk by HP Research Labs on the discovery of the memristor and implementation details. It goes into the gory technical details, from the low level physics to the construction of the gates, the truth tables, and the high level computation possibilities once chips are assembled in a crossbar package. > [VIDEO]

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jmpe · 2014-06 · Strong recommendation

How i learned to stop worrying and love the miniaturization: [VIDEO] Seriously, watch it. Memristor-tech relies on this kind of miniaturization and can provide a speed boost in several areas in current architectures. Secondly, having worked for semi: there's a lot of conservative force holding back development. We could have had current tech with much less worries than we have now if they didn't respond so allergically to everything that looks a little exotic in the CMOS process, like high-k dielectrics.

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