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Memristors: Pass or Fail?
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/4748/022011_CACMpg22_Memristors1.large.jpg?1298046784&1298046784 "circuit with 17 memristors")
An image of a circuit with 17 memristors captured by an atomic force microscope at
Hewlett-Packard's Information and Quantum Systems Lab.
Credit: R. Stanley Williams / HP Labs
The device may revolutionize data storage, replacing flash memory and perhaps even disks. Whether they can be reliably and cheaply manufactured, though, is an open question.
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(1)The author claims that the scaling limit for flash is about 20 nm, but NAND vendor roadmaps include 1x nm technologies -- what's the source of the claim?
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