Memristors for non-volatile memory and other applications

Abstract: Non-volatile memory technologies are essential for the next generation of nano-computing. This chapter highlights several key issues associated with non-volatile memory design based on the emerging memristor devices. In this chapter, an overview of commonly used memristor device models is provided, and a comprehensive set of properties and design equations for memristor-based memories are developed. The provided analyses are particularly targeting key memristor device characteristics relevant to memory operations. Finally, other promising applications of memristor devices are briefly discussed.

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