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World-first spintronic p-bit on silicon chip points toward larger AI-ready p-computers

Spintronics P-computer ready for scale-up
Photograph of test chips fabricated on a silicon substrate using semiconductor integrated circuit manufacturing processes. Credit: Shunsuke Fukami, William A. Borders et al

A Japan–U.S. collaborative research team has demonstrated the world’s first integrated spintronic probabilistic bit, or p-bit, fabricated on a silicon chip using semiconductor manufacturing processes. The team, consisting of researchers from Tohoku University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, experimentally verified the operation of the p-bit, a key building block for probabilistic, or p-, computers. The achievement provides a pathway toward large-scale spintronic p-computers for applications such as AI and machine learning.

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