Memristor - wikipedia.org ![rw-book-cover|200x400](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Memristor_%2850665029093%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1200px-Memristor_%2850665029093%29_%28cropped%29.jpg) ## Metadata - Author: **wikipedia.org** - Full Title: Memristor - Category: #articles - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithionics ## Highlights - A **memristor** ([/ˈmɛmrɪstər/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English); a [portmanteau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau) of *memory resistor*) is a non-linear [two-terminal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_(electronics)) [electrical component](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_component) relating [electric charge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_charge) and magnetic [flux linkage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux_linkage). It was described and named in 1971 by [Leon Chua](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Chua), completing a theoretical quartet of fundamental electrical components which also comprises the [resistor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistor), [capacitor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor) and [inductor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductor) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hnd5csh553xhfm7e6hpds42h))