New discovery could pave the way for spin-based computing
Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 13:40
in Physics & Chemistry
Electricity and magnetism rule our digital world. Semiconductors process electrical information, while magnetic materials enable long-term data storage. A University of Pittsburgh research team has discovered a way to fuse these two distinct properties in a single material, paving the way for new ultrahigh density storage and computing architectures.