[NVDave]

And if it holds up, then this is the first fundamental advance in electrical engineering since the invention of the transistor.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I tend to agree - I’ve been following these developments in the trade press. Sure there are always the breathless pronouncements of how this is the next big thing - but in this case I think it may live up to the hype.

[dayglored]

> And if it holds up, then this is the first fundamental advance in electrical engineering since the invention of the transistor.

Nah. Memristors and memristive systems have been discussed and worked on for decades. The name and theory goes back to the 1970's.

This work at HP is a useful advance, no argument, but 5 minutes on the Wikipedia page about Memristors puts this in context.

This article is breathless journalism, mostly. Cheers for the team at HP, yes; but let's not get too carried away.