DocumentCode
27408
Title
Spin memory shows its might [News]
Author
Courtland, Rachel
Volume
51
Issue
8
fYear
2014
fDate
Aug. 2014
Firstpage
15
Lastpage
16
Abstract
Spin-transfer-torque MRAM could edge out some mainstream memories. The read head of a hard-disk drive might seem an unlikely place to hunt for the future of memory technology. But TDK-Headway Technologies, in Milpitas, Calif., is betting that the lowly magnetic tunnel junction-the device it makes to read data off hard-disk platters-could be redesigned and repackaged to create a new way of storing information.
Keywords
MRAM devices; disc drives; hard discs; magnetic tunnelling; TDK-Headway Technologies; hard-disk drive; hard-disk platters; magnetic tunnel junction; mainstream memories; spin memory; spin-transfer-torque MRAM;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2014.6878055
Filename
6878055
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