Initial applications based
on magnetic domain walls have been developed and are already in use in sensor technology.
Concepts for information storage and logical processing based
on magnetic domain walls have great potential for implementation in future information and communications technologies.»
Not exact matches
In a 2008 paper in Science, Parkin and colleagues demonstrated the beginnings of a racetrack memory based not
on skyrmions, but
on magnetic features called
domain walls, which separate regions with different directions of magnetization in a material.
IBM calls dubs it «racetrack memory,» because it uses
magnetic domains to store information in columns of
magnetic material (nanoscale «racetracks») arranged
on the surface of a silicon wafer.
«If you can image the size of the material's
magnetic domains and how they evolve
on small length scales, that gives you information about the value and strength of these interactions,» she added.
Long stripes of
magnetic domains appear in the
magnetic material
on one side of a tiny channel.
While last year's dedicated tablet and wireless
magnetic charging pad seemed snazzy
on the outset, porting virtually all controls into the digital
domain comes with all kinds of concessions, not the least of which are tablet spinouts and constant Android updates.