Racetrack Memory (IMAGE)

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Racetrack Memory

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The bits of information stored in the wire are simply pushed around inside the tape using a spin polarized current, attaining the breakneck speed of several hundred meters per second in the process.

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IBM Almaden Research Center

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