New Silicon-based "Spintronics" Device for Ultrafast Computers

Silicon components may have reached the maximum degree of miniaturization, but this wonder-material still has an ace up its sleeve. The newest electronics field where it proved to be, yet again, the best, is spintronics."Spintronics" is an emerging field that deals with the use of the '... [ read more >> ]

The device makes use of a ferromagnetic layer 5 nanometres deep sitting on top of a 10-micron-thick silicon wafer

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The device makes use of a ferromagnetic layer 5 nanometres deep sitting on top of a 10-micron-thick silicon wafer