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coined the term. It was

constructed of doped Titanium
Dioxide, somewhat similar to
HP’s device. You can see from
the current-voltage behavior of
the device that it is exactly a
memristor. http://pdf.com.ru
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[...] turn it back on). In the

longer term, they talk about
hardware being able to learn.
(Thanks to the Foresight Institute
for the latest update on the
memristor story and the pointer
to HPlus.) Do visit the HPlus site
as [...]

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