Patent 7948783 was granted and assigned to NEC Corporation on May, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An MRAM comprises: a plurality of magnetic memory cells each having a magnetoresistive element; and a magnetic field application section. The magnetic field application section applies an offset adjustment magnetic field in a certain direction to the plurality of magnetic memory cells from outside the plurality of magnetic memory cells. Respective data stored in the plurality of magnetic memory cells become the same when the offset adjustment magnetic field is removed.