http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Kauaiguy/date/2008/5/1/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/Kauaiguy/date/2008/5/1/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/D6F0A4DC-DF31-473F-A948-60A8C206E3FA/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Kauaiguy/">Kauaiguy</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Leon Chua, a distinguished faculty member in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department of the University of California at Berkeley, initially theorized about and named the element in an academic paper published 37 years ago. Chua argued that the memristor was the fourth fundamental circuit element, along with the resistor, capacitor and inductor, and that it had properties that could not be duplicated by any combination of the other three elements.<br/> <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.physorg.com/news128786808.html" title="http://www.physorg.com/news128786808.html">www.physorg.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>Researchers Prove Existence of New Basic Element for Electronic Circuits -- 'Memristor'</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Kauaiguy/512/83EE4C33-9F0E-42FE-9177-CD74747B8848.jpg" alt="17 memristors in a row are visible on this AFM image. The memristor consists of two titanium dioxide layers connected to wires. When a current is applied to one the resistance of the other changes. That change can be registered as data. Image credit: ..." /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> This scientific advancement could make it possible to develop computer systems that have memories that do not forget, do not need to be booted up, consume far less power and associate information in a manner similar to that of the human brain. </DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/science/" rel="tag">science</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/technology/" rel="tag">technology</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/computers/" rel="tag">computers</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/electronics/" rel="tag">electronics</a></div>http://www.physorg.com/news128786808.htmlFri, 02 May 2008 04:29:10 GMT