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Posted: **Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:18 pm**

Interesting followup:

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl ... 8&from=rss

"According to the EETimes, HP is announcing that it 'plans to unveil RRAM prototype chips based on memristors with crossbar arrays in 2009.' I don't know if you remember the earlier story about HP Labs proving the existence of the Memristor that had been predicted in 1971 by Leon Chua, and has the nice property of maintaining a memory of the current that passes by it. This could bring us a new type of small non-volatile high-speed RAM at low cost because of the low complexity of the mechanism employed."

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:25 am**

*YAWNS* I'll believe it when I see it.

Posted: **Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:01 am**

Will it be as fast as DDR3? I'll say one thing for this stuff, it could make a big difference in power usage. I'd be willing to turn my PC off more frequently.

Posted: **Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:57 pm**

This is non-volatile memory, so no it's not a replacement for RAM. It's a replacement for flash memory. Potentially it could make solid state hard drives much more affordable and practical.

Flash memory wears out. In theory memristors should not, and should be much faster and cheaper.

Posted: **Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:01 pm**

What? Then, what's the big deal? I want instant on computers & I want them now!

Posted: **Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:07 pm**

then get a mac. power button to desktop is like 15 seconds.

Posted: **Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:34 pm**

I want instant, or maybe 3-5 seconds. Hey, while I'm thinking about it. Is that 15 seconds into Windows or OSX?

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Memristor Based RAM Could Be Out By 2009

Memristor Based RAM Could Be Out By 2009