Nonvolatile Memory Design

5Memristors

A memristor is an emerging nanodevice that can record the historical profile of the current or the voltage applied to itself [1, 2]. Thus, a memristor naturally integrates both computing and data storage capabilities simultaneously within itself. Combined with its ultrasmall footprint, the unique electrical properties of memristors create great potential for applications in very large-scale integration (VLSI) system designs, such as next-generation high-performance data massive storage [3] and neuromorphic computing systems (e.g., artificial neural networks, or ANNs) [4, 5], etc. Also, some special logic forms that are different from the traditional complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) logic—for example, implication logic ...