The Fourth Fundamental Passive Circuit Element

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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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IMPLY based logic functions with a memristor, awesome! All of these functions so far rely on the logical IMPLY function, which can be achieved by applying a read/condition voltage to one memristor and a write/set voltage to another. As the IMPLY function is a universal logic functions, all logic functions can be derived from a series of condition and set voltages.  A single memristor to perform all logic operations!  How many transistors would that take, LOL?  Transistor count for generic logic functions based on static CMOS implementation

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Not sure memristors have the synaptic capabilities everyone was hoping for and I don't know any research teams focused on neuromorphic (cognitive) computing who are seriously considering memristors in the AI field.  But you can prove me wrong in 10 years.

First programmable memristor computer aims to bring AI processing down from the cloud!  The University of Michigan proved you wrong in only 3 years!


Gravock

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HP was also originally part of the team that received funding from DARPA but they never even made it passed phase zero feasibility study. I recall HRL received something like 10 or 11 Million for phase 1 so HP convinced them to continue down their memristor path.  ~40 Million dollars later HRL pumped into memristor tech funded by DARPA and it never really amounted to anything so after 8 years of R&D all you have to show for it is your 100 Synapse memristor chip.

If Moores law kicks in and DARPA and others invest 100's of Millions in memristor tech your 100 Synapse memristor chip will have scaled to a whopping 3200 Synapse over the next 10 years.

Wrong again!  5,800 Synapses in only 3 years.  Please note: In the experimental-scale memristor computer, there were more than 5,800 memristors.  A commercial design could include millions of them.

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