High-performance spintronic computing with magnetoresistive semiconductor heterojunctions

Joseph S. Friedman; Bruce W Wessels; Alan Varteres Sahakian

doi:10.1117/12.2023117

High-performance spintronic computing with magnetoresistive semiconductor heterojunctions

Joseph S. Friedman, Bruce W Wessels, Alan Varteres Sahakian

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Abstract

Two recently proposed spintronic logic families, spin-diode logic and emitter-coupled spin-transistor logic, provide an opportunity for high-performance cascaded logic circuits. These logic families make use of magnetoresistive semiconductor heterojunctions, in which the presence of a magnetic field causes a large increase in resistance. Spin-diode logic and emitter-coupled spin-transistor logic produce highly compact circuits with superior speed and power characteristics. In particular, circuits realized in these logic families use three to ten times fewer devices than conventional CMOS. Additionally, there is minimal dynamic power dissipation, presenting a pathway for low power high performance computing beyond 10 GHz.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Spintronics VI
Volume	8813
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023117
State	Published - Dec 1 2013
Event	6th Spintronics Symposium - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Aug 25 2013 → Aug 29 2013

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Other	6th Spintronics Symposium
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	8/25/13 → 8/29/13

Keywords

Spintronics
beyond-CMOS computing
emerging technology
emitter-coupled spin-transistor logic
magnetoresistive semiconductor heterojunction
next generation computing
spin-diode logic
spintronic logic

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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