Operation and modeling of semiconductor spintronics computing devices

Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 479-493

  Nikonov, Dmitri E ^a   Bourianoff, George I ^a  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS; Computing; Ferromagnetic semiconductor; Gain; Logic devices; Power dissipation; Quantum limit; Scaling; Semiconductor Bloch equations; Spin FET; Spintronics; Transistor

Indexed keywords

CMOS; COMPUTING; FERROMAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTOR; GAIN; POWER DISSIPATION; QUANTUM LIMIT; SCALING; SEMICONDUCTOR BLOCH EQUATIONS; SPIN FET; SPINTRONICS;

DIGITAL DEVICES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FERROMAGNETISM; LOGIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POWER ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SPIN DYNAMICS; TRANSISTORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 57049145763     PISSN: 15571939     EISSN: 15571947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10948-008-0343-y     Document Type: Article

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