ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,089, issued on March 25, was assigned to Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Processing-in-memory device based on spin orbit torque device" was invented by Jongsun Park (Seoul, South Korea), TaeHwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Yunho Jang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a spin orbit torque device-based processing-in-memory device that includes a digital logic gate using a current switching and voltage controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA) effect of a spin orbit torque device capable of being used as a memory element, and increases t...