Electrical engineering

Physics

Resistive random-access memory

Crossbar switch

Computer network

Operating system

Electronic circuit

Memristor

Engineering

Voltage

Encryption

Power (physics)

Non-volatile memory

Computer data storage

Electronic engineering

Computer science

Quantum mechanics

Computer hardware

Reliability (semiconductor)

Telecommunications

Von Neumann architecture

Science

Memristive devices, which combine a resistor with memory functions such that voltage pulses can change their resistance (and hence their memory state) in a nonvolatile manner, are beginning to be implemented in integrated circuits for memory applications. However, memristive devices could have applications in many other technologies, such as non–von Neumann in-memory computing in crossbar arrays, random number generation for data security, and radio-frequency switches for mobile communications. Progress toward the integration of memristive devices in commercial solid-state electronic circuits and other potential applications will depend on performance and reliability challenges that still need to be addressed, as described here.

Memristive technologies for data storage, computation, encryption, and radio-frequency communication