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Memristors were barely in sight. A prototype of the new computer could be out next year, Mr. Fink said, based on more conventional DRAM memory. Instead of a special-purpose computer operating system, he said, the Machine will initially have a version of the popular Linux system. 
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The major reason for the change is that HP has no idea when, exactly, it will be able to produce memristors in commercial quantities.