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As spin-orbit-torque magnetic random-access memory (SOT-MRAM) is gathering great interest as the next-generation low-power and high-speed on-chip cache memory applications, it is critical to analyze the magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ)…

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Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), which are the fundamental building blocks of spintronic devices, have been used to build true random number generators (TRNGs) with different trade-offs between throughput, power, and area requirements.…

In this work, the effect of electrical coupling on stochastic switching of two in-plane superparamagnetic tunnel junctions (SMTJs) is studied, using experimental measurements as well as simulations. The coupling mechanism relies on the…

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Spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory (STT-MRAM) is an attractive alternative to current random access memory technologies due to its non-volatility, fast operation and high endurance. STT-MRAM does though have…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-27 Noriyuki Sato , Fen Xue , Robert M. White , Chong Bi , Shan X. Wang

Probabilistic Ising machines (PIMs) provide a path to solving many computationally hard problems more efficiently than deterministic algorithms on von Neumann computers. Stochastic magnetic tunnel junctions (S-MTJs), which are engineered to…

Superparamagnetic magnetic tunnel junctions (sMTJs) are promising components for true random number generation and probabilistic computing. Achieving high-frequency fluctuation while maintaining reliable control over output level is…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-01-23 Qi Jia , Jian-Ping Wang

Probabilistic spin logic (PSL), based on networks of binary stochastic neurons (or p-bits), has been shown to provide a viable framework for many functionalities including Ising computing, Bayesian inference, invertible Boolean logic and…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-02-11 Orchi Hassan , Kerem Y. Camsari , Supriyo Datta

Owing to high device density, scalability and non-volatility, Magnetic Tunnel Junction-based crossbars have garnered significant interest for implementing the weights of an artificial neural network. The existence of only two stable states…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-06-26 Ankit Mondal , Ankur Srivastava

Spin-transfer torque magnetic random-access memory (STT-MRAM) relies on nanoscale magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) as its fundamental building blocks. Next-generation STT-MRAM requires strategies that simultaneously improve switching energy…

Energy-efficient methods are addressed for leveraging low energy barrier nanomagnetic devices within neuromorphic architectures. Using a Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) probabilistic device (p-bit) as the basis of neuronal…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-05-06 Hossein Pourmeidani , Punyashloka Debashis , Zhihong Chen , Ronald F. DeMara , Ramtin Zand

Writing magnetic bits by spin-orbit torques (SOTs) arising from spin Hall effect creates new possibilities for ultrafast and low-power magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM). For perpendicular MRAM, an extra in-plane field is required…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-11-25 Yang Liu , Bing Zhou , Zhengkun Dai , Enbo Zhang , Jian-Gang Zhu

This paper introduces an analog-to-stochastic converter using a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device for vision chips based on stochastic computation. Stochastic computation has been recently exploited for area-efficient hardware…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Naoya Onizawa , Daisaku Katagiri , Warren J. Gross , Takahiro Hanyu

The spatiotemporal nature of neuronal behavior in spiking neural networks (SNNs) make SNNs promising for edge applications that require high energy efficiency. To realize SNNs in hardware, spintronic neuron implementations can bring…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-07-12 Thomas Leonard , Samuel Liu , Harrison Jin , Jean Anne C. Incorvia

Spin filtering and its back-action spin transfer torque (STT) are key ingredients of latest spintronic devices based on magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). Resonant tunneling (RT), implemented by design or occurring as parasitic effects, is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-27 Maciej Bazarnik , Anika Schlenhoff

This work investigates nanosecond superparamagnetic switching in 50 nm diameter in-plane magnetized magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). Due to the small in-plane uniaxial anisotropy, dwell times below 10 ns and auto-correlation times down to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-16 Leo Schnitzspan , Mathias Kläui , Gerhard Jakob

Spin-orbit torque (SOT) enables ultra-fast, energy-efficient magnetization switching, making it a promising mechanism for introducing MRAMs for cache memory applications. However, current SOT-MRAM devices face write efficiency limitations,…

Using type-x spin-orbit torque (SOT) switching scheme, in which the easy axis (EA) of the ferromagnetic (FM) layer and the charge current flow direction are collinear, is possible to realize a lower-power-consumption, higher-density, and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-04 Yan-Ting Liu , Chao-Chung Huang , Kuan-Hao Chen , Yu-Hao Huang , Chia-Chin Tsai , Ting-Yu Chang , Chi-Feng Pai

Naturally random devices that exploit ambient thermal noise have recently attracted attention as hardware primitives for accelerating probabilistic computing applications. One such approach is to use a low barrier nanomagnet as the free…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-05 Kerem Y. Camsari , Mustafa Mert Torunbalci , William A. Borders , Hideo Ohno , Shunsuke Fukami

High-quality random numbers are very critical to many fields such as cryptography, finance, and scientific simulation, which calls for the design of reliable true random number generators (TRNGs). Limited by entropy source, throughput,…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-07-03 Siqing Fu , Tiejun Li , Chunyuan Zhang , Hanqing Li , Sheng Ma , Jianmin Zhang , Ruiyi Zhang , Lizhou Wu

The realistic modeling of STT-MRAM for the simulations of hybrid CMOS/Spintronics devices in comprehensive simulation environments require a full description of stochastic switching processes in state of the art STT-MRAM. Here, we derive an…