Spin-transfer torque magnetic memory as a stochastic memristive synapse

Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1074-1077

  Vincent, A F ^a   Larroque, J ^a   Zhao, W S ^a   Romdhane, N Ben ^a   Bichler, O ^b   Gamrat, C ^b   Klein, J O ^a   Galdin Retailleau, S ^a   Querlioz, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CEA LIST   (France)

Author keywords

memristor; neuromorphic; stochastic computation; STT MRAM

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MEMRISTORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DEVICE VARIATIONS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MEMRISTOR; NEUROMORPHIC; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE; STOCHASTIC COMPUTATIONS; STT-MRAM; SYSTEM LEVEL SIMULATION;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 84907400794     PISSN: 02714310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2014.6865325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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