Memristor

Engineers have created one of the smallest memory storage devices ever, made out of a 2D material measuring 1 nanometer square. The device works on the movements of single atoms, paving the way for memory systems with incredible information density.

Researchers in Europe and the UK have managed to connect biological and artificial neurons together. The biological neurons were grown in Italy, sent signals through an artificial synapse in the UK to communicate with artificial neurons in Zurich.

Researchers claim to have constructed the world's first electronic memory cell that effectively mimics the analog process of human memory and may one day lead to the creation of the first bionic brain.

Memristors (short for memory resistors) have long held promise for computers that need never boot up and function more akin to the human brain. Now scientists at Northwestern University have made a new breakthrough that brings this closer to reality.

UCL researchers have developed the first purely silicon oxide-based "ReRam" memory chip that is faster and requires less energy and space than current memory technology such as Flash memory.

A discovery by HP that memristors can perform logic could change the way computer systems are designed and enable faster more efficient computers.