Advantages: stores much more using far less energy, doesn't lose charge, is stackable and is extremely radiation resistant.
Another application is using them to form crossbar latches, which could replace transistors in integrated circuits but be much smaller.
They can also be configured to work like a brain synapse, have spintronics capabilities (another new advanced tech) and strong possibilities for use in brain-machine interfaces because they can be made using polymers. Neural nets, AI and prosthetics too.
This is going to make for enormous memory cards in all applications, plus being radiation hard will get rid of worries due to ionizing radiation. Lots of space based applications.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20015130-260.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody;1n
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Another application is using them to form crossbar latches, which could replace transistors in integrated circuits but be much smaller.
They can also be configured to work like a brain synapse, have spintronics capabilities (another new advanced tech) and strong possibilities for use in brain-machine interfaces because they can be made using polymers. Neural nets, AI and prosthetics too.
This is going to make for enormous memory cards in all applications, plus being radiation hard will get rid of worries due to ionizing radiation. Lots of space based applications.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20015130-260.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody;1n
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memristor?wasRedirected=true