Spear-Itn

spear is a project funded by the european union’s horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the marie skłodowska-curie grant agreement nº 955671. the project's overarching scientific and technological goal is to study the rich physical phenomena observed in condensed matter systems with a strong spin-orbit coupling, and to build devices based on these phenomena for the next generation of memories. indeed, spin orbitronics, as this field of research is called, has shown great potential for the development of novel mram (magnetic random-access memory) and is considered among the best strategies to complement and go beyond current cmos technology, e.g., through spin-orbit-based logic, machine learning or neuromorphic computing. although the academic spintronic community is strong, the number of european companies taking advantage of spintronic technologies is still limited in comparison to those in the u.s. or asia. spear will bring together 7 universities, 3 research centres