Nanomagnet logic: Progress toward system-level integration

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 23, Issue 49, 2011, Pages

  Niemier, M T ^a   Bernstein, G H ^a   Csaba, G ^a   Dingler, A ^a   Hu, X S ^a   Kurtz, S ^a   Liu, S ^a   Nahas, J ^a   Porod, W ^a   Siddiq, M ^a   Varga, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPIN; CIRCUIT OPERATION; CLOCK STRUCTURE; DESIGN SPACES; DIGITAL SYSTEM; EMERGING RESEARCH DEVICES; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; INPUT-OUTPUT INTERFACES; INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP FOR SEMICONDUCTORS; LOW POWER; MAGNETIC ELEMENTS; MRAM TECHNOLOGY; NANOMAGNETS; NATURAL INTEGRATION; NON-VOLATILE; SYSTEM LEVEL INTEGRATION; SYSTEM LEVELS;

MRAM DEVICES;

NANOMAGNETICS;

MAGNETISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

MAGNETICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 82455220820     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/49/493202     Document Type: Review

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