Patent ID: 8659102

Claim:
A nonvolatile magnetic memory device including a magnetoresistance-effect element comprising: (A) a laminated structure having a recording layer in which an axis of easy magnetization of the recording layer is oriented in a perpendicular direction with respect to a surface of the recording layer; (B) a first wiring line electrically connected to a lower part of the laminated structure; and (C) a second wiring line electrically connected to an upper part of the laminated structure, wherein, a high Young's modulus region, having a Young's modulus value higher than that of a material forming the recording layer, extends along a side surface of the laminated structure, the laminated structure is surrounded by an insulating layer, and the high Young's modulus region is within the insulating layer such that a periphery of the high Young's modulus region is surrounded by the insulating layer.