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What ever happened to HP's memresistors? Did that ever get commercialized?

by bhouston 11y ago

mrfusion 11y ago
Ha I actually logged in the ask that and it's the first comment. I think they were due to come out in 2012?
- trsohmers 11y ago
  Originally 2006, then 2008, then 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015... It was officially canned (and by that I mean moved from memristor based to traditional architecture) last year. RIP HP Labs being an actually interesting place for computer architecture research.
knightofmars 11y ago
"HP has abruptly changed course on its 'Machine,' a new type of memory-driven computer it thinks will radically alter large-scale data processing. When the company first launched it last year, the plan was to use a new kind of memory chip called the "memristor," which is as fast as DRAM but can permanently store data. The problem is that the tech, which HP expected to commercialize with Hynix in 2013, still isn't ready. Rather than giving up, though, HP has decided to take it in another direction by using both conventional RAM and phase change memory."[1] [1]http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/05/hp-the-machine-no-memristors/ http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/05/hp-the-machine-no-memrist...
- dekhn 11y ago
  Anybody who thought the Machine, or HP's ability to deploy memristors, was reality, I think is sadly mistaken.
  - voidz 11y ago
    Care to elaborate?
    - zupa-hu 11y ago
      To translate the article, "the tech [..] still isn't ready" means management thought it would be cool to build memristors but they have no clue how. Some engineers will be fired. They came up with a new idea, the Machine instead. They will probably get a bonus. Surprisingly, promises to invent never seem to materialize. See thegrid.io.
      - woodandsteel 11y ago
        What are you talking about? The Grid is on-schedule and doing fine.
mark-r 11y ago
I'm reminded of the old saying: The stock market has forecast nine of the last five recessions. New memory tech always seems to be just around the corner, if I had a dollar for every time it was predicted I could retire.

What ever happened to HP's memresistors? Did that ever get commercialized?

mrfusion 11y ago

Ha I actually logged in the ask that and it's the first comment. I think they were due to come out in 2012?

trsohmers 11y ago
Originally 2006, then 2008, then 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015... It was officially canned (and by that I mean moved from memristor based to traditional architecture) last year. RIP HP Labs being an actually interesting place for computer architecture research.

knightofmars 11y ago

"HP has abruptly changed course on its 'Machine,' a new type of memory-driven computer it thinks will radically alter large-scale data processing. When the company first launched it last year, the plan was to use a new kind of memory chip called the "memristor," which is as fast as DRAM but can permanently store data. The problem is that the tech, which HP expected to commercialize with Hynix in 2013, still isn't ready. Rather than giving up, though, HP has decided to take it in another direction by using both conventional RAM and phase change memory."[1] [1]http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/05/hp-the-machine-no-memristors/ http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/05/hp-the-machine-no-memrist...

dekhn 11y ago
Anybody who thought the Machine, or HP's ability to deploy memristors, was reality, I think is sadly mistaken.
- voidz 11y ago
  Care to elaborate?
  - zupa-hu 11y ago
    To translate the article, "the tech [..] still isn't ready" means management thought it would be cool to build memristors but they have no clue how. Some engineers will be fired. They came up with a new idea, the Machine instead. They will probably get a bonus. Surprisingly, promises to invent never seem to materialize. See thegrid.io.
    - woodandsteel 11y ago
      What are you talking about? The Grid is on-schedule and doing fine.

mark-r 11y ago

I'm reminded of the old saying: The stock market has forecast nine of the last five recessions. New memory tech always seems to be just around the corner, if I had a dollar for every time it was predicted I could retire.