Abstract
Energy efficient systems use volatile memory (VM) for fast and low-voltage access and use nonvolatile memory (NVM) for power-off-mode data storage. However, memory is becoming a bottleneck for electronic systems attempting to achieve low energy consumption. The resistive memory (memristor) is a promising NVM for energy efficient computing because of its fast write speed and low-power operations. This chapter provides an overview of the circuit design technologies and applications of resistive memory devices for energy efficient systems, including resistive RAM (ReRAM), nonvolatile logic, and nonvolatile SRAM. © 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York. All rights are reserved.