> but why not just keep give the wires current flow? And... On a very abstract level, you've just designed a memory. A memory is a particular design of "wirin

> but why not just keep give the wires current flow? And... On a very abstract level, you've just designed a memory. A memory is a particular design of "wiring" [1] setup in such a way to keep the current flowing [2] to store the charge that represents the data. [1] There is more than just wires, as just wires alone can not store a charge for very long (example, plug in an extension cord, the extension cord output will be powered, unplug it, no power on the other end). [2] This is exactly the design of a SRAM chip. Wires and transistors connected together to "keep the current flowing" to hold the data represented by the charges.