Memristors — circuits that can be used for memory storage products — are only a couple of years away, at least according to HP. New research suggests that not only should these new circuits be super-fast at memory retrieval, but they might also be much cheaper to produce than anybody anticipated.
HP has a long history of spending money on research and development, but as with most companies the curtain is rarely drawn back on what’s imminent from such research. In Shanghai, HP gave Gizmodo a sneak peek at its flexible display and circuit plans.
The brainiacs at H.P. think they’ve discovered a way to replace transistors with technology that will shrink chips to the atomic scale. Emphasis on “brain”.
