Friday, May 02, 2008

BBC NEWS | Technology | Electronics' 'missing link' found

Cool...

Memristors were first proposed in 1971 by Professor Leon Chua, a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley.

They are the "fourth" basic building block of circuits, after capacitors, resistors and inductors.

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"I never thought I'd live long enough to see this happen," Professor Chua told the Associated Press.

"I'm thrilled because it's almost like vindication. Something I did is not just in my imagination, it's fundamental."

BBC NEWS | Technology | Electronics' 'missing link' found

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