Memristive technologies for data storage, computation, encryption, and radio-frequency communication
Mario Lanza, Abu Sebastian, Wei Lü, Manuel Le Gallo, Meng‐Fan Chang, Deji Akinwande, Francesco Maria Puglisi, Husam N. Alshareef, Ming Liu, J.B. Roldán
Abstract
Memristive devices, which combine a resistor with memory functions such that voltage pulses can change their resistance (and hence their memory state) in a nonvolatile manner, are beginning to be implemented in integrated circuits for memory applications. However, memristive devices could have applications in many other technologies, such as non-von Neumann in-memory computing in crossbar arrays, random number generation for data security, and radio-frequency switches for mobile communications. Progress toward the integration of memristive devices in commercial solid-state electronic circuits and other potential applications will depend on performance and reliability challenges that still need to be addressed, as described here.