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The growing memristor industry

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  • Mario Lanza

    (National University of Singapore
    National University of Singapore
    National University of Singapore)

  • Sebastian Pazos

    (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST))

  • Fernando Aguirre

    (Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies)

  • Abu Sebastian

    (IBM Research – Zurich)

  • Manuel Gallo

    (IBM Research – Zurich)

  • Syed M. Alam

    (Everspin Technologies)

  • Sumio Ikegawa

    (Everspin Technologies)

  • J. Joshua Yang

    (University of Southern California)

  • Elisa Vianello

    (Université Grenoble Alpes)

  • Meng-Fan Chang

    (National Tsing Hua University)

  • Gabriel Molas

    (Weebit Nano)

  • Ishai Naveh

    (Weebit Nano)

  • Daniele Ielmini

    (Politecnico di Milano and IU.NET)

  • Ming Liu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Juan B. Roldan

    (Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias)

Abstract

The semiconductor industry is experiencing an accelerated transformation to overcome the scaling limits of the transistor and to adapt to new requirements in terms of data storage and computation, especially driven by artificial intelligence applications and the Internet of Things. In this process, new materials, devices, integration strategies and system architectures are being developed and optimized. Among them, memristive devices and circuits—memristors are two-terminal memory devices that can also mimic some basic bioelectronic functions—offer a potential approach to create more compact, energy-efficient or better-performing systems. The memristor industry is growing quickly, raising abundant capital investment, creating new jobs and placing advanced products in the market. Here we analyse the status and prospects of the memristor industry, focusing on memristor-based products that are already commercially available, prototypes with a high technological readiness level that might affect the market in the near future, and discuss obstacles and pathways to their implementation.

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  • Mario Lanza & Sebastian Pazos & Fernando Aguirre & Abu Sebastian & Manuel Gallo & Syed M. Alam & Sumio Ikegawa & J. Joshua Yang & Elisa Vianello & Meng-Fan Chang & Gabriel Molas & Ishai Naveh & Daniel, 2025. "The growing memristor industry," Nature, Nature, vol. 640(8059), pages 613-622, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:640:y:2025:i:8059:d:10.1038_s41586-025-08733-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08733-5
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