Magnetic domain-wall racetrack memory

Science

Volumn 320, Issue 5873, 2008, Pages 190-194

  Parkin, Stuart S P ^a   Hayashi, Masamitsu ^a   Thomas, Luc ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRE; SILICON;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MEMORY;

COMPUTER MEMORY; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; MAGNETISM; NANODEVICE; NANOFABRICATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT;

EID: 42049103709     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1145799     Document Type: Review

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