On the Use of Magnetic RAMs in Field-Programmable Gate Arrays

Table 1

Memories performance comparison.

	MRAM	SRAM	FLASH
Read speed	FAST	FASTEST	MEDIUM
Write speed	FAST	FASTEST	LOW
Cell area	LARGE	MEDIUM	LOW
Scalability	GOOD	GOOD	LIMITED
Endurence	MEDIUM	GOOD	LIMITED
Non-volatility	YES	NO	YES
Low voltage	YES	YES	NO
Rentension (years)	10	0	10
Number of additional mask	4	0	12
Radiation hardness	++	− −	− −