“Racetrack Memory” Digital Data Storage

A team of scientists has created racetrack memory, a new type of enhanced digital data storage. Racetrack memory, which reconfigures magnetic fields, could supplant current methods of mass data storage, such as flash memory and disk drives, due to its improved density of information storage, faster operation, and lower energy use. The team’s focus was on a skyrmion racetrack memory — an undeveloped type of memory that reverses the processes of existing storage.