fiction: An Open Source Framework for the Design of Field-coupled Nanocomputing Circuits

TL;DR

Fiction is an open source framework that facilitates the physical design and technology mapping of field-coupled nanocomputing circuits, aiming to advance automation in this emerging low-energy computing paradigm.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive open source tool with efficient algorithms and data structures for FCN circuit design and mapping, supporting future research and development.

Findings

Provides a scalable, extensible design framework for FCN circuits

Enables automated physical design and technology mapping processes

Supports various FCN physical implementations like QCA and NML

Abstract

As a class of emerging post-CMOS technologies, Field-coupled Nanocomputing (FCN) devices promise computation with tremendously low energy dissipation. Even though ground breaking advances in several physical implementations like Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) or Nanomagnet Logic (NML) have been made in the last couple of years, design automation for FCN is still in its infancy and often still relies on manual labor. In this paper, we present an open source framework called fiction for physical design and technology mapping of FCN circuits. Its efficient data structures, state-of-the-art algorithms, and extensibility provide a basis for future research in the community.