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New technology could help solve AI’s ‘Memory Bottleneck’

An optical image of the device structure with 4 micrometer pillar diameter. Credit: Northwestern University/University of Messina, Italy
An optical image of the device structure with 4 micrometer pillar diameter. Credit: Northwestern University/University of Messina, Italy

Magnetic memory device is smallest demonstrated and uses record-low current. Memory-hungry, power-sapping big data might finally have met its match.

Electrical engineers at Northwestern University and the University of Messina in Italy have developed a new magnetic memory device that could potentially support the surge of data-centric computing, which requires ever-increasing power, storage and speed.

Based on antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials, the device is the smallest of its kind ever demonstrated and operates with record-low electrical current to write data.

“The rise of big data has enabled the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI)...

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