Memory that learns could help tomorrow's intelligent computers

As researchers try to build more complex computers that get closer to emulating the way the human brain works, one of the areas of focus is memory.
Existing chips, hard disks and tape drives are great at storing large amounts of data, but a new breed of memory chip called a memristor could go a step further: helping the artificial intelligence systems of tomorrow actually understand the data and make more use of it.
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