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  • noun Plural form of memristor.

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Examples

  • The Palo Alto, Calif., technology giant has been working for more than a decade to perfect microscopic components that it calls memristors, short for memory resistors.

    H-P, Hynix Assist on Chips 2010

  • He had originally broached the idea of memristors by using a series of equations showing that in addition to the three known circuitry elements -- the capacitor, the resistor and the inductor -- there had to be another with the property of memory.

    H-P Develops Memory-Resistor Technology 2008

  • HP Labs discovered that so-called memristors can also perform computations on memory chips, which could transform the capabilities of computers and personal electronics devices.

    Techworld Australia News 2010

  • H.P. Says New Device Could Transform Chip-Making - So-called memristors could replace today's transistors and lead to a new class of computing devices, Hewlett-P.ckard scientists say.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2010

  • HP and the Rice scientists are making what are called memristors, or memory resistors, switches that retain information without a source of power.

    The Economic Times 2010

  • The devices, known as memristors, or memory resistors, were conceived in 1971 by Leon O. Chua, an electrical engineer at the University of California, Berkeley, but they were not put into effect until 2008 at the H.P. lab here.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science revere none@example.com 2010

  • So-called memristors could replace today's transistors and lead to a new class of computing devices, Hewlett-Packard scientists say.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now Seth Rosenblatt 2010

  • The devices, known as memristors, or memory resistors, were conceived in 1971 by Leon O. Chua, an electrical engineer at the University of California, Berkeley, but they were not put into effect until 2008 at the H.P. lab here.

    Later On LeisureGuy 2010

  • Williams has called memristors the fourth basic circuit in electrical engineering, the others being the resistor, capacitor and inductor.

    Personal Computer World Latest updates 2010

  • The devices, known as memristors, or memory resistors, were conceived in 1971 by Leon O. Chua, an electrical engineer at the University of California, Berkeley, but they were not put into effect until 2008 at the H.P. lab here.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science revere none@example.com 2010

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  • short for memory resistors.

    June 4, 2011