The Fourth Fundamental Passive Circuit Element

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No, I don't agree with you.  There are 180 devices on the raw research die of varying sizes ranging from 1 to 30 micrometers with 180 memristors on it (see images below). Each device has 1 memristor.  By taking the smallest device consisting of 1 memristor, which is 1 square micrometer (see image below), then it is theoretically possible to place at least 45,270,000 devices with a memristor on a 45.28 mm² die.  This isn't taking into account half of the surface area of the die that isn't being utilized, so we'll say this unused surface area will make up the space between the 45,270,000 memristor devices (5,658,750 byte memristor).  The current die is a proof of concept for research and develepment due to popular demand and the number of memristors on it doesn't reflect how many memristors can be placed on the die.

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It is now obvious that you have absolutely no understanding of what a wafer of raw dies is and how the semiconducter device packaging process actually works.
All I can do now is wish you luck with your memristor recommendations and future investments in memristor technology.

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It is now obvious that you have absolutely no understanding of what a wafer of raw dies is and how the semiconducter device packaging process actually works.
All I can do now is wish you luck with your memristor recommendations and future investments in memristor technology.

ROFLMAO!!!  The above isn't a scientific or mathematical rebuttal.  The 16 pin IC has 8 devices with 8 memristors (1 memristor per device) and the raw research die has 180 devices with 180 memristors (1 memristor per device).  The IC and the raw research die don't correlate with each other in regards to the number of devices and memristors.  The number of devices and memristors, along with the theoretical limits of such, has nothing to do with how the semiconductor device packaging process actually works.  Another red herring from you.

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Reference:  (CNN) So long, transistor: How the 'memristor' could revolutionize electronics

In a transistor, once the flow of electrons is interrupted by, say, cutting the power, all information is lost. But a memristor can remember the amount of charge that was flowing through it, and much like a memory stick it will retain the data even when the power is turned off.

This can pave the way for computers that will instantly turn on and off like a light bulb and never lose data: the RAM, or memory, will no longer be erased when the machine is turned off, without the need to save anything to hard drives as with current technology.  But memristors have another fundamental difference compared with transistors: they can escape the boundaries of binary code.

There is a physical limit to the number of transistors that we can pack on a chip, and we are already approaching the miniaturization threshold of this technology. It is inevitable that, one day, we will need to move away from silicon based computing.

The memristor technology is a candidate for this crucial step: "It could mean the end of the silicon era, giving us lower power consumption, the ability to compute more information, increased data storage and completely new logic patterns for our computers," says Rupp.

Memristors don't require a silicon layer and different materials can be used as a substrate. This could create a new class of microchips, that could eventually be integrated in everyday items such as windows, clothes or even coffee cups.  Once again, this has nothing to do with how the semiconductor device packaging process actually works.

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Meet The Memcomputer: The Brain-Like Alternative to Quantum Computing

Di Ventra explains that this very sort of problem, which could take our most advanced computer decades, could take a memcomputer only seconds.

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How a single memristor can perform all logic operations via spike operations and how a memristor with two detectable hysteresis curves can be used to store more than two values.

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