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Secure computing with MRAM

Physically unclonable functions that are based on magnetic random-access memory, and integrated with complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor circuitry, can be used to create secure and efficient compute-in-memory macros for edge computing.

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Fig. 1: Die photo of a MRAM-based compute-in-memory macro.

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Cai, H., Liu, B. & Yang, J. Secure computing with MRAM. Nat Electron 6, 475–476 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-023-00997-x

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