A review of emerging non-volatile memory (NVM) technologies and applications

A Chen - Solid-State Electronics, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper will review emerging non-volatile memory (NVM) technologies, with the focus on
phase change memory (PCM), spin-transfer-torque random-access-memory (STTRAM) …

The emergence of spin electronics in data storage

C Chappert, A Fert, FN Van Dau - Nature materials, 2007 - nature.com
Electrons have a charge and a spin, but until recently these were considered separately. In
classical electronics, charges are moved by electric fields to transmit information and are …

Nvsim: A circuit-level performance, energy, and area model for emerging nonvolatile memory

X Dong, C Xu, Y Xie, NP Jouppi - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Various new nonvolatile memory (NVM) technologies have emerged recently. Among all the
investigated new NVM candidate technologies, spin-torque-transfer memory (STT-RAM, or …

Magnetoresistive random access memory

D Apalkov, B Dieny, JM Slaughter - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a review of the developments in MRAM technology over the past 20 years is
presented. The various MRAM generations are described with a particular focus on spin …

Spin-transfer torque RAM technology: Review and prospect

T Kawahara, K Ito, R Takemura, H Ohno - Microelectronics Reliability, 2012 - Elsevier
Non-volatile RAM (NV-RAM) enables instant-on/off computing, which drastically reduces
power consumption. One of the most promising candidates for NV-RAM technology is the …

Advances and future prospects of spin-transfer torque random access memory

E Chen, D Apalkov, Z Diao… - IEEE Transactions …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spin-transfer torque random access memory (STT-RAM) is a potentially revolutionary
universal memory technology that combines the capacity and cost benefits of DRAM, the fast …

Programmable resistive device and memory using diode as selector

SC Chung - US Patent 9,818,478, 2017 - Google Patents
Building programmable resistive devices in contact holes at the crossover of a plurality of
conductor lines in more than two vertical layers is disclosed. There are plurality of first …

Magnetic tunnel junctions for spintronic memories and beyond

S Ikeda, J Hayakawa, YM Lee… - … on Electron Devices, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, recent developments in magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) are reported with
their potential impacts on integrated circuits. MTJs consist of two metal ferromagnets …

The promise of nanomagnetics and spintronics for future logic and universal memory

SA Wolf, J Lu, MR Stan, E Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper is both a review of some recent developments in the utilization of magnetism for
applications to logic and memory and a description of some new innovations in …

High speed, high stability and low power sensing amplifier for MTJ/CMOS hybrid logic circuits

W Zhao, C Chappert, V Javerliac… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Densely embedding Magnetic Tunnel Junctions (MTJ) in CMOS logic circuits is considered
as one potentially powerful solution to bring non volatility, instant on/off and low standby …