2013 | Press Release
Automatic design flow of nonvolatile logic-in-memory integrated circuits with spintronics devices established -Demonstration of image-processing with reduced power consumption-
Tohoku University and NEC Corporation have adopted spintronics technology in logic integrated circuits to achieve "zero standby power" in electronic devices. Moreover, they have developed a library that establishes automatic design flow of nonvolatile logic-in-memory integrated circuits, where nonvolatile storage elements are distributed over a logic-circuit plane. Using this library, they have successfully designed and fabricated a prototype image processing chip and demonstrated that it reduces unnecessary power consumption by up to 75%.
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Deputy Director Naoki Kasai
Center for Spintronics Integrated Systems, Tohoku University
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