Architectural exploration of perpendicular Nano Magnetic Logic based circuits

Perpendicular NanoMagnet Logic (pNML) can be considered one of the most interesting emerging technology since it has unique features that cannot be naturally implemented with standard transistor technologies. Each device can act both as a memory and a logic circuit. Because of its intrinsic properties, this technology makes it possible to easily design 3D circuits. In this paper, we propose several complex architectures by exploiting the 3D integrability of the pNML technology. The presented circuits belong to different categories, covering both combinational and sequential circuits. Memory elements and logic circuits have been designed and simulated taking into account the technology constraints. As an absolute novelty, the first Finite State Machine based on pNML is also introduced.