'Rattle
memory', new computer memory thanks to nanotechnology
16 July
2012
Researchers
from TU/e and the FOM Foundation have successfully made a 'magnetic domain-wall
ratchet' memory, a computer memory that is built up from moving bits of
magnetised areas. This memory potentially offers many advantages compared to
standard hard disks, such as a higher speed, lower electricity consumption and
much longer life. Using concentrated ion bundles the researchers have
influenced the magnetic wires the bits move through, and they have successfully
controlled bits at the nanometre scale and subsequently constructed a new
memory. The research results were published online by Nature Nanotechnology on
Sunday 15 July.
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