A phase change resistive memory includes an upper electrode; a lower electrode; a layer made of an active material, called an active layer; the memory passing from a highly resistive state to a weakly resistive state by application of a voltage or a current between the upper electrode and the lower electrode and wherein the material of the active layer is a ternary composed of germanium Ge, tellurium Te and antimony Sb, the ternary including between 60 and 66% of antimony Sb.