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Spin-transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM)

Spin-transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) Spin-Transfer Torque Magnetic Random Access Memory (STT-MRAM) DMYTRO APALKOV, ALEXEY KHVALKOVSKIY, STEVEN WATTS, VLADIMIR NIKITIN, XUETI TANG, DANIEL LOTTIS, KISEOK MOON, XIAO LUO, EUGENE CHEN, ADRIAN ONG, ALEXANDER DRISKILL-SMITH, and MOHAMAD KROUNBI, Grandis Inc. Spin-transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) is a novel, magnetic memory technology that leverages the base platform established by an existing 100+nm node memory product called MRAM to enable a scalable nonvolatile memory solution for advanced process nodes. STT-MRAM features fast read and write times, small cell sizes of 6F2 and potentially even smaller, and compatibility with existing DRAM and SRAM architecture with relatively small associated cost added. STT-MRAM is essentially a magnetic multilayer resistive element cell that is fabricated as an additional metal layer on top of conventional CMOS access transistors. In this review we give an overview of the existing STT-MRAM technologies currently in research and development across the world, as well as some specific discussion of results obtained at Grandis and with our foundry partners. We will show that in-plane STT-MRAM technology, particularly the DMTJ design, is a mature technology that meets all conventional requirements for an STT-MRAM cell to be a nonvolatile solution matching DRAM and/or SRAM drive circuitry. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (JETC) Association for Computing Machinery

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Association for Computing Machinery
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Copyright © 2013 by ACM Inc.
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1550-4832
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2463585.2463589
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Abstract

Spin-Transfer Torque Magnetic Random Access Memory (STT-MRAM) DMYTRO APALKOV, ALEXEY KHVALKOVSKIY, STEVEN WATTS, VLADIMIR NIKITIN, XUETI TANG, DANIEL LOTTIS, KISEOK MOON, XIAO LUO, EUGENE CHEN, ADRIAN ONG, ALEXANDER DRISKILL-SMITH, and MOHAMAD KROUNBI, Grandis Inc. Spin-transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) is a novel, magnetic memory technology that leverages the base platform established by an existing 100+nm node memory product called MRAM to enable a scalable nonvolatile memory solution for advanced process nodes. STT-MRAM features fast read and write times, small cell sizes of 6F2 and potentially even smaller, and compatibility with existing DRAM and SRAM architecture with relatively small associated cost added. STT-MRAM is essentially a magnetic multilayer resistive element cell that is fabricated as an additional metal layer on top of conventional CMOS access transistors. In this review we give an overview of the existing STT-MRAM technologies currently in research and development across the world, as well as some specific discussion of results obtained at Grandis and with our foundry partners. We will show that in-plane STT-MRAM technology, particularly the DMTJ design, is a mature technology that meets all conventional requirements for an STT-MRAM cell to be a nonvolatile solution matching DRAM and/or SRAM drive circuitry.

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ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (JETC)Association for Computing Machinery

Published: May 1, 2013

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