----- Original Message ----- From: mix...@bigpond.com Date: Friday, January 2, 2009 0:56 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:The Memristor
> In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:40:27 - > 0500:Hi, > [snip] > >> ...yes, but like a transistor, a vacuum tube is an active > element, > >> not a passive > >> element. > > > >So the memresistor should be classified as an active element? > > > >Harry > The original statement was that the memristor could not be mimicked > by some > combination of passive elements. However that leaves open the > possibility of it > being mimicked by a combination of active and passive elements. > > That however doesn't answer your question. IMO the answer is that > the memristor > is both/either. In as much as it's parameters can be altered > electrically, it is > an active element. In as much as it retains the change, even > without power being > applied, it is a passive element. I guess the same applies to > magnetic disk > memory. I guess that makes the memristor a pactive element. ;-) Anyway, I found the term "fundamental" used in the article to be more confounding than illuminating. Harry
