Memristor: the enabler of computation-in-memory architecture for big-data

This paper briefly discusses a new architecture, Computation-In-Memory (CIM Architecture), for specific data-intensive applications; it is based on the integration of storage and computation in the same physical location (crossbar topology) and the use of non-volatile resistive-switching technology (memristive devices or memristors in short) instead of CMOS technology. The architecture has the potential of improving the energy-delay product, computing efficiency and performance area by at least two orders of magnitude.