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In this paper, the HfOx-Based RRAM with and without tungsten nanoparticles (W NPs) is fabricated by magnetron sputtering, UV lithography, and stripping. Comparing the various resistive switching behaviors of the two devices, it can be observed that the W NPs device exhibits lower switching voltage (including a 69.87% reduction in Vforming and a reduction in Vset\/Vreset from 1.4\u200aV\/-1.36 to 0.7\u200aV\/-1.0\u200aV), more stable cycling endurance (&gt;105 cycles), and higher uniformity. A potential switching mechanism is considered based on the XPS analysis and the research on the fitting of HRS and LRS: Embedding W NPs can improve the device performance by inducing and controlling the conductive filaments (CFs) size and paths. 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