Experimental progress of and prospects for nanomagnet logic (NML)

Author

Alam, M. ; Bernstein, G.H. ; Bokor, J. ; Carlton, D. ; Hu, X.S. ; Kurtz, S. ; Lambson, B. ; Niemier, M.T. ; Porod, W. ; Siddiq, M. ; Varga, E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

13-14 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present the current state-of-the-art of nanomagnetic logic (NML), which is one of the beyond-Moore device technologies being pursued within the SRC-NRI (Nanoelectronics Research Initiative). Advantages of NML include low power and non-volatility. We show that all key ingredients for NML architectures have been demonstrated - including logic, fan-out, and on-chip clock structures. Input and output can be accomplished in a fashion similar to MRAM technology. As such, NML is CMOS compatible.

Keywords

logic circuits; low-power electronics; nanoelectronics; nanomagnetics; beyond-Moore device technologies; fan-out structure; logic structure; low power; nanomagnet logic; nonvolatility; on-chip clock structures; Clocks; Logic gates; Magnetic circuits; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic tunneling; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Beyond Moore; CMOS compatible; nanomagnet logic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Silicon Nanoelectronics Workshop (SNW), 2010

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7727-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7726-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SNW.2010.5562573

Filename

5562573