Memristive devices in computing system: Promises and challenges

ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Yang, J Joshua ^a,b   Williams, R Stanley ^a,b  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory; Memristive; Memristor; Nanodevice; Oxide; Resistance; Resistive; Switches; Switching

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDES; SWITCHES; SWITCHING;

COMPUTING SYSTEM; MEMRISTIVE; MEMRISTOR; NANO DEVICE; NOVEL DEVICES; RESISTIVE; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; WORKING MECHANISMS;

MEMRISTORS;

EID: 84885570987     PISSN: 15504832     EISSN: 15504840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2463585.2463587     Document Type: Article

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