A system for hyper-dimensional computing for inference tasks may be provided. The device comprises an item memory for storing hyper-dimensional item vectors, a query transformation unit connected to the item memory, the query transformation unit being adapted for forming a hyper-dimensional query vector from a query input and hyper-dimensional base vectors stored in the item memory, and an associative memory adapted for storing a plurality of hyper-dimensional profile vectors and for determining a distance between the hyper-dimensional query vector and the plurality of hyper-dimensional profile vectors, wherein the item memory and the associative memory are adapted for in-memory computing using memristive devices.