Advantages of memristors:
- Has properties which can not be duplicated by the other circuit elements (resistors, capacitors, and inductors
- Capable of replacing both DRAM and hard drives
- Smaller than transistors while generating less heat
- Works better as it gets smaller which is the opposite of transistors
- Devices storing 100 gigabytes in a square centimeter have been created using memristors
- Quicker boot-ups
- Requires less voltage (and thus less overall power required)
Disadvantages of memristors:
- Not currently commercially available
- Current versions only at 1/10th the speed of DRAM
- Has the ability to learn but can also learn the wrong patterns in the beginning
- Since all data on the computer becomes non-volatile, rebooting will not solve any issues as it often times can with DRAM
- Suspected by some that the performance and speed will never match DRAM and transistors
