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Magnetic Look-Up Table (MLUT) Featuring Radiation Hardness, High Performance and Low Power

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Reconfigurable Computing: Architectures, Tools and Applications (ARC 2011)

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Thanks to its non-volatility, high write/sense speed and small size, Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) is under investigation to be integrated in the future reconfigurable computing circuits offering higher power efficiency and performance. Another advantage of MTJ is that it provides good radiation hardness compared with other storage technologies used in reconfigurable computing circuits. In this paper, we present a design of Magnetic Look-Up-Table (MLUT) performing radiation hardness and keeping high reconfiguration /computing speed, high reliability and low power. Simulation results using an accurate model of MTJ and CMOS 130nm design kit confirm its expected performances in terms of reliability, power and speed.

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  1. IEF, Univ. Paris-Sud, UMR8622, Orsay, F-91405, France

    Yahya Lakys, Weisheng Zhao, Jacques-Olivier Klein & Claude Chappert

  2. CNRS, Orsay, F-91405, France

    Claude Chappert

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  1. FB 20 Informatik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Hochschulstraße 10, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany

    Andreas Koch

  2. Intel Corp., 97006, Hillsboro, OR, USA

    Ram Krishnamurthy

  3. School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology, Queen’s University of Belfast, Queen’s Road, BT3 9DT, Belfast, UK

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  4. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Washington University, 801, 22nd Street NW, 20052, Washington, DC, USA

    Tarek El-Ghazawi

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Lakys, Y., Zhao, W., Klein, JO., Chappert, C. (2011). Magnetic Look-Up Table (MLUT) Featuring Radiation Hardness, High Performance and Low Power. In: Koch, A., Krishnamurthy, R., McAllister, J., Woods, R., El-Ghazawi, T. (eds) Reconfigurable Computing: Architectures, Tools and Applications. ARC 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6578. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19475-7_29

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