The Magnetic Racetrack Memory Project is in development by IBM's Almaden
Research Center. Informally called
racetrack memory (RM), it is a
non-volatile
memory device that offers a storage density higher than
solid-state memory
devices with a higher
read/write performance. The design is a racetrack
concept where RM memory moves magnetic bits along nanoscopic "racetracks."
Racetrack memory may be seen abbreviated as RM.