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ShiLei Zhang¹, JingYan Zhang², Alexander A Baker³

¹1] Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom [2].

Scientific Reports

|August 23, 2014

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Researchers developed a magnetic abacus for 3D nonvolatile memory. This novel concept uses a unique encoding scheme and quantized Hall voltage for efficient data access in stacked magnetic memory cells.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science and Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Computer Science

Background:

Three-dimensional (3D) stacking of nonvolatile memory cells offers a promising path for future magnetic memory technologies.
A significant challenge in 3D magnetic memory is efficiently accessing data stored in densely stacked bits.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel multilevel, nonvolatile magnetic memory concept, termed the 'magnetic abacus'.
To overcome the limitations of individually reading each magnetic layer in stacked memory architectures.

Main Methods:

Developed a new encoding scheme inspired by second quantization, enabling simultaneous consideration of the entire memory stack's state.
Implemented direct read operations by measuring artificially engineered 'quantized' Hall voltage.
The Hall voltage directly correlates to the count of spin-up and spin-down layers within the stack.

Main Results:

The magnetic abacus allows for simultaneous memory state reading across the entire stack, eliminating the need for separate layer readouts.
Demonstrated a new method for accessing data in 3D magnetic memory with improved efficiency.
The system supports flexible scaling and fast inter-cell communication.

Conclusions:

The magnetic abacus presents a viable and promising approach for future nonvolatile 3D magnetic random-access memory (MRAM).
This innovative concept addresses key technological challenges in high-density magnetic data storage.