Researchers demonstrate nanoparticle systems crucial for new high-speed devices

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a new way to perform functions essential to future computation three orders of magnitude faster than current commercial devices. The team lead by Associate Professor Shinobu Ohya created a nanoscale spintronic semiconductor device that can partially switch between specific magnetic states trillions of times a second (terahertz--THz), far beyond frequencies of devices at present.