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The application of Magnetic Random-Access Memory (MRAM) in computing-in-memory (CIM) has gained significant attention. However, existing designs often suffer from high energy consumption due to their reliance on complex analog circuits for…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-10 Deyang Yu , Chenchen Liu , Chuanjie Zhang , Xiao Fang , Weisheng Zhao

Magnetization reversal of a perpendicular ferromagnetic free layer by spin-orbit torque (SOT) is an attractive alternative to spin-transfer torque (STT) switching in magnetic random-access memory (MRAM) where the write process involves…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-19 Yong-Chang Lau , Davide Betto , Karsten Rode , JMD Coey , Plamen Stamenov

As one of the most promising emerging non-volatile memory (NVM) technologies, spin-transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) has attracted significant research attention due to several features such as high density, zero…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-01-16 Lizhou Wu , Mottaqiallah Taouil , Siddharth Rao , Erik Jan Marinissen , Said Hamdioui

Recently, spin-transfer torque (STT) based magnetization switching has been widely utilized in magnetic resistance-based memories, which have broad applications in microcontroller units and other devices. This study utilizes a macrospin…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-18 Tomoki Watanabe , Keisuke Yamada , Yoshinobu Nakatani

We report on an experimental study of current induced switching in perpendicular magnetic random access memory (MRAM) cells with variable resistance-area products (RAs). Our results show that in addition to spin transfer torque (STT),…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-08 Goran Mihajlovic , Neil Smith , Tiffany Santos , Jui-Lung Li , Michael Tran , Matthew Carey , Bruce D. Terris , Jordan A. Katine

Two promising strategies for achieving efficient control of magnetization in future magnetic memory and non-volatile spin logic devices are spin transfer torque from spin polarized currents and voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA).…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-09-06 Luqiao Liu , Chi-Feng Pai , D. C. Ralph , R. A. Buhrman

There are pressing problems with traditional computing, especially for accomplishing data-intensive and real-time tasks, that motivate the development of in-memory computing devices to both store information and perform computation.…

In this paper, the intrinsic physical characteristics of spin-orbit torque (SOT) magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) devices are leveraged to realize sigmoidal neurons in neuromorphic architectures. Performance comparisons with the…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-06-03 Brendan Reidy , Ramtin Zand

This application note discusses the working principle of spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory (STT-MRAM) and the impact that magnetic fields can have on STT-MRAM operation. Sources of magnetic field and typical…

Voltage-gate assisted spin-orbit torque (VGSOT) writing scheme combines the advantages from voltage control of magnetic anisotropy (VCMA) and spin-orbit torque (SOT) effects, enabling multiple benefits for magnetic random access memory…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-11 Y. C. Wu , K. Garello , W. Kim , M. Gupta , M. Perumkunnil , V. Kateel , S. Couet , R. Carpenter , S. Rao , S. Van Beek , K. K. Vudya Sethu , F. Yasin , D. Crotti , G. S. Kar

Magnetization switching by spin-orbit torque (SOT) via spin Hall effect represents as a competitive alternative to that by spin-transfer torque (STT) used for magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM), as it does not require high-density…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-02-19 Yang Liu , Bing Zhou , Jian-Gang Zhu

Impact of spin transfer torque (STT) on the write error rate of a voltage-torque-based magnetoresistive random access memory is theoretically analyzed by using the macrospin model. During the voltage pulse the STT assists or suppresses the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-04 Hiroshi Imamura , Rie Matsumoto

Future applications of spin-orbit torque will require new mechanisms to improve the efficiency for switching nanoscale magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), while also controlling the magnetic dynamics to achieve fast, nanosecond scale…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-07 Shengjie Shi , Yongxi Ou , S. V. Aradhya , D. C. Ralph , R. A. Buhrman

A device based on current-induced spin-orbit torque (SOT) that functions as an electronic neuron is proposed in this work. The SOT device implements an artificial neuron's thresholding (transfer) function. In the first step of a two-step…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2015-06-23 Abhronil Sengupta , Sri Harsha Choday , Yusung Kim , Kaushik Roy

We report a spin-orbit torque(SOT) magnetoresistive random-access memory(MRAM)-based probabilistic binary neural network(PBNN) for resource-saving and hardware noise-tolerant computing applications. With the presence of thermal fluctuation,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-03-29 Yu Gu , Puyang Huang , Tianhao Chen , Chenyi Fu , Aitian Chen , Shouzhong Peng , Xixiang Zhang , Xufeng Kou

Current-induced spin-orbit torques (SOTs) enable fast and efficient manipulation of the magnetic state of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), making it attractive for memory, in-memory computing, and logic applications. However, the…

Spin orbit torque (SOT) has been considered as one of the promising technologies for the next-generation magnetic random access memory (MRAM). So far, SOT has been widely utilized for inducing various modes of magnetization switching.…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-10-19 Tongxi Liu , Zhaohao Wang , Min Wang , Chao Wang , Bi Wu , Weiqiang Liu , Weisheng Zhao

Spin-orbit torque (SOT) is an emerging technology that enables the efficient manipulation of spintronic devices. The initial processes of interest in SOTs involved electric fields, spin-orbit coupling, conduction electron spins and…

Current-induced magnetization switching by spin-orbit torque (SOT) holds considerable promise for next generation ultralow-power memory and logic applications. In most cases, generation of spin-orbit torques has relied on an external…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-03 Yu Sheng , Yi Cao , Kevin William Edmonds , Yang Ji , Houzhi Zheng , Kaiyou Wang

Spin-orbit torque (SOT) is a candidate technique in next generation magnetic random-access memory (MRAM). Recently, experiments show that some material with low-symmetric crystalline or magnetic structures can generate anomalous SOT that…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-08-09 TianYi Zhang , CaiHua Wan , XiuFeng Han