This brief addresses the co-design problem of adaptive memory event-triggered mechanism (AMETM) and aperiodic intermittent controller (AIC) for nonlinear networked control systems. To improve the utilization efficiency of network resources,an AMETM with non-periodic waiting time is proposed, in which the Zeno behaviour is excluded. Meanwhile, an event-dependent AIC matching the proposed AMETM is designed to save more control resources and cost. Furthermore, an exponential stability criterion is established in the form of linear matrix inequality. Finally, the Chua’s circuit is provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed AMETM and AIC.