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Radiation Resilient Synthetic Antiferromagnets-Based Neuromorphic Device for Sea Surface Temperature Reconstruction
Mingxu Song1,2, Jiahao Liu1,2, Ruisheng Hu3
1College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China.
Advanced Science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
|June 27, 2026
Summary
This study introduces radiation-tolerant synthetic antiferromagnetic devices for neuromorphic computing, enabling robust sea surface temperature reconstruction in harsh marine environments with reduced energy consumption.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Neuromorphic Computing
- Marine Science
Background:
- Conventional edge devices face memory and radiation challenges in marine monitoring.
- Sea surface temperature reconstruction is vital for marine applications.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a radiation-tolerant neuromorphic computing framework for accurate sea surface temperature reconstruction.
- To overcome limitations of existing CMOS-based edge devices in marine environments.
Main Methods:
- Fabrication of synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) synaptic devices with radiation tolerance.
- Physical-algorithmic co-design integrating SAF devices with a Perceiver IO architecture.
- Utilizing spin-orbit torque for field-free magnetization switching and multilevel conductance emulation.
Main Results:
- SAF devices demonstrated over 92% performance retention after 1 Mrad (Si) γ-irradiation.
- Achieved accurate sea surface temperature reconstruction with root-mean-square error below 2°C on NOAA dataset.
- Projected potential for an order of magnitude reduction in energy consumption.
Conclusions:
- Neuromorphic computing with radiation-tolerant SAF devices offers a robust solution for marine monitoring.
- The proposed framework advances environmentally adaptive intelligent computing for marine science.
- This approach addresses critical challenges in edge computing for extreme environments.
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