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Why Are Memristor and Memistor Different Devices?

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Memristor Networks

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This paper clarifies why the “memristor” is fundamentally different from a 3-terminal device with a similarly-sounding name called the “memistor”. It is shown that the memristor is a basic 2-terminal circuit element based on classic nonlinear circuit theory but the memistor is an ad hoc 3-terminal devise for one specific application. The memistor is difficult to predict its behavior when it is connected with other circuit elements.

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  1. Division of Electronics Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 561-756, Republic of Korea

    Shyam Prasad Adhikari & Hyongsuk Kim

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  1. Computer Science Department, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom

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  2. Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

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Adhikari, S.P., Kim, H. (2014). Why Are Memristor and Memistor Different Devices?. In: Adamatzky, A., Chua, L. (eds) Memristor Networks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02630-5_6

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