> The new programmable resistors are similar to memristors, or memory resistors. Both kinds of devices are essentially electric switches that can remember which

> The new programmable resistors are similar to memristors, or memory resistors. Both kinds of devices are essentially electric switches that can remember which state they were toggled to after their power is turned off. As such, they resemble synapses, whose electrical conductivity strengthens or weakens depending on how much electrical charge has passed through them in the past.