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Compared to the present‐day semiconductor technology in logic gates, which uses the transport properties of electrons, the magnetic analog of logic gates using magnetic vortices has proven to be advantageous in many ways due to its efficiency in terms of negligible electron power leakage and higher switching speed. Based on the asymmetric magnetic vortex transistor (AMVT), a 3‐input OR gate and a majority gate using micromagnetic simulations are demonstrated. Depending on the distances between the three‐input units and the input–output unit and the polarities of the magnetic vortices of the output unit, the networks behave as logic gates. Considering AMVT as one unit, three such units are placed parallel to the input side and another on the output side. Spin‐polarized current is applied to the input units, and the energy is transferred to the output unit owing to the movement of antivortex solitons through the magnetic stray field distribution. Energy transfer is recorded from the output unit, and any energy amplification is considered an ON (1) state, whereas a reduction in energy is considered an OFF (0) state. These “magnetic” logic gate configurations using magnetic vortices can thus behave as fundamental blocks of “magnetic” integrated circuits in the future. Using micromagnetic simulations, asymmetric magnetic vortex transistor (AMVT)‐based magnetic logic gates are designed. They act as a 3‐input OR gate/majority gate based on the vortex core's polarity. Three AMVT transistors at the input and another at the output form the logic gates. Antivortex solitons flow from input to output transistors through the magnetic stray field. Any energy increase (decrease) is considered as an ON (OFF) state.

To avoid electron leakage and energy consumption as in present‐day bipolar junction transistor, the magnetic analog of the bipolar junction transistor using magnetic vortices proves to be an excellent alternative. This alternative exploration is implemented using micromagnetic simulations, which use spin‐polarized current to study the dynamics of magnetic vortices in physically separated but magnetostatically coupled nanodisks. Here, a magnetic vortex transistor (MVT), when the nanodisks are arranged in a triangular layout, is designed. Significant gain is observed for the scalene triangle configuration for a three‐vortex system when the polarities of the vortices are +1, −1, +1 and for the equilateral triangular configuration when the polarities are −1, +1, +1, respectively. The mechanism of energy transfer in such magnetostatically coupled vortices has been explained in terms of the dynamics of antivortex solitons’ movement through the stray field. The variation of damping parameters has no significant effect on signal transfer and amplification. Through this extensive micromagnetic calculation, the possibility of tuning the MVT by varying the configuration, polarity combination, and changing the position of the input signal is demonstrated. This study offers a prospect for nonvolatile, all magnetic information‐carrying nanoscale devices and magnetic logic gates and switches. This micromagnetic study using the object‐oriented micromagnetic framework (OOMMF) focuses on designing a “magnetic transistor” using magnetic vortex as a substitute for the conventional bipolar junction transistor due to low‐power consumption, negligible Joule heating, and higher switching speed of magnetic vortices. The study successfully designs magnetic vortex transistor (MVT) in two nonlinear configurations: equilateral and scalene.