Spintronics pave way for gen-next computing

In what may open up a new window to realise a gen-next computing system, Indian researchers have found out an innovative way to create memories for futuristic computers that would exploit spintronics technology.

Reported by scientists at the S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, the technique may one day help computer manufacturing companies save a lot on the testing procedures when spintronics devices are commonplace.

So what’s spintronics? It’s an emerging area of electronics research that seeks to exploit one of the two fundamental properties of the electron – the tiny sub-atomic particle within an atom – while making devices like computers.

The conventional electronic devices rely on the “charge” property of the electron while spintronics is about exploiting the “spin” property of the same particle.