Magnetic Vortex Reveals Key to Spintronic Speed Limit
As magnetically stored data becomes unstable when too tightly packed.
By Jean Jacques Maleval | August 30, 2012 at 2:47 pmTo read this article from Phys.Org, click on:
Magnetic vortex reveals key to spintronic speed limit
The evolution of digital electronics is a story of miniaturization – each generation of circuitry requires less space and energy to perform the same tasks. But even as high-speed processors move into handheld smart phones, current data storage technology has a functional limit: magnetically stored digital information becomes unstable when too tightly packed. The answer to maintaining the breath-taking pace of our ongoing computer revolution may be the denser, faster, and smarter technology of spintronics.