Words like memristor, kilobit and nanoscale might as well be sci-fi jargon to most casual computer users. But University of Michigan electrical engineer Wei Lu knows enough to translate them into vernacular computer users can appreciate: smaller, faster and cheaper.
The assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at U-M has come up with a way of making computer chips more efficient by allowing memristors to store more kilobits on a nanoscale. Such things have been done before, but Lu's innovation is considered a leap that will push computer chip technology forward significantly.
In plain English this mean that it will allow for the chips to store and move more information quicker. That makes computer chips smaller, less clunky and cheaper to make. Which conversely may result in huge investments in the technology. Stay tuned for further information.
Source: University of Michigan
Writer: Jon Zemke
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