Thai Computer

Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday that it would commercialize a new computer memory technology with Hynix, the South Korean chip maker.

Hynix’s agreement to build computer memories using a technology H.P. scientists developed called memristors  indicates that more computer memory will be packed in even smaller devices in the second half of this decade. The two companies said the memristors will be commercially available in about three years.

To date, the memristor’s most likely application is for dense nonvolatile memories, which is what is used in flash memory cards for products like cameras and PCs. It is not out of the question, however, that it might play a role in other kinds of chips, including microprocessors, in the future.