Magnetic Computer Chip (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Magnetic Computer Chip

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Nanomagnetic computers use tiny bar magnets to store and process information. The interactions between the polarized, north-south magnetic fields of closely spaced magnets allow logic operations like those in conventional transistors.

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Jeffrey Bokor lab, UC Berkeley

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