Patent ID: 7965542

Claim:
A magnetic random access memory comprising: a memory cell element which includes a first fixed layer in which a magnetization direction is fixed, a first recording layer in which a magnetization direction reverses on the basis of a first threshold value, and a first nonmagnetic layer formed between the first fixed layer and the first recording layer, and in which the magnetization directions in the first fixed layer and the first recording layer take one of a parallel state and an antiparallel state in accordance with a direction of an electric current flowing between the first fixed layer and the first recording layer; a first interconnection connected to one terminal of the memory cell element; a transistor whose current path has one end connected to the other terminal of the memory cell element; a second interconnection connected to the other end of the current path; and a first resistance change element electrically connected to the memory cell element, and having a resistance value which changes on the basis of a second threshold value different from the first threshold value.