Patent ID: 7038942

Claim:
A magnetic storage device comprising: a magnetic storage element comprising a storage layer for holding a magnetization state as information, a non-magnetic layer and a pinned layer in which a direction of the magnetization is fixed, which are stacked, said storage layer is composed of a first magnetic layer mainly composed of a transition metal and a second magnetic layer mainly composed of a rare-earth metal which are directly stacked; in which a magnetization amount of said first magnetic layer is smaller than that of said second magnetic layer at a room temperature; a reader for reading out a relative magnetization between said storage layer and said pinned layer depending on a change of an electrical resistance; a first wiring for applying a current induced magnetic field having one direction to said storage layer, said first wiring electrically connected to said storage layer; a second wiring to said magnetic storage element in addition to said first wiring; and a heater for heating said storage layer, the heater comprising the first wiring and the second wiring.