Interconnects for All-Spin Logic Using Automotion of Domain Walls

IEEE Journal on Exploratory Solid-State Computational Devices and Circuits

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-57

  Chang, Sou Chi ^a   Dutta, Sourav ^a   Manipatruni, Sasikanth ^b   Nikonov, Dmitri E ^b   Young, Ian A ^b   Naeemi, Azad ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

All spin logic (ASL); domain walls (DWs); interconnects

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DOMAIN WALLS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; THERMAL NOISE;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; DAMPING FACTORS; INTERCONNECT PERFORMANCE; INTERCONNECT RELIABILITY; INTERCONNECT SCHEMES; LANDAU-LIFSHITZ-GILBERT EQUATIONS; SPIN LOGIC; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

COMPUTER CIRCUITS;

ELECTRIC CIRCUITS; FUZZY LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 85053169315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23299231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JXCDC.2015.2448415     Document Type: Article

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