Recent advances in spintronics for emerging memory devices

JOM

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 28-33

  Kang, Seung H ^a  

^a QUALCOMM INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

HARD DISK DRIVES; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; MASS STORAGES; NANOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRIES; SPINTRONIC DEVICES; SPINTRONICS; SYSTEM PLATFORMS; TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP; TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCES; VALUE PROPOSITIONS;

HARD DISK STORAGE;

EID: 56249138995     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: 15431851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-008-0113-0     Document Type: Review

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