Photo of the Week: Memristor

The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a revolutionary use for U.S. coal to meet the surging demand for faster, data-intensive and energy-efficient computers. The breakthrough is an atomically thin film of carbon used to fabricate computer chips called memory resistors, also known as “memristors,” and transistors to support the next generation of machine learning, artificial intelligence and advanced computing. These game-changing innovations are fabricated using domestically sourced coal and set the stage for onshore manufacturing of microelectronics technologies critical for America’s economic growth.

Photo Credit: Tim Ford