MNT Designer: A Comprehensive Design Tool for Field-Coupled Nanocomputing

Simon Hofmann; Jan Drewniok; Marcel Walter; Robert Wille

doi:10.1109/NANO63165.2025.11113823

MNT Designer: A Comprehensive Design Tool for Field-Coupled Nanocomputing

Chair of Design Automation

Munich Quantum Software Company
Software Competence Center Hagenberg

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Field-coupled Nanocomputing (FCN) is a class of post-CMOS technologies that operate at the nanoscale without relying on electrical current. Its potential was recently demonstrated by the fabrication of a fully functional OR gate occupying less than 30 nm², using Silicon Dangling Bonds (SiDBs). A key step toward commercializing FCN is the development of software tools capable of automatically generating fabrication-ready, cell-level layouts. In this work, we present a novel, GUI-based tool that spans the complete design flow-from Verilog to atoms-including physical design algorithms, post-layout optimization, verification, and gate design. The tool is released as open-source at https://github.com/cda-tum/mnt-designer and is also available as a pip package.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	25th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2025
Editors	Francesca Urban, Aniello Pelella, Antonio Di Bartolomeo
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	40-45
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9798331512712
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO63165.2025.11113823
State	Published - 2025
Event	25th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2025 - Washington, United States Duration: 13 Jul 2025 → 16 Jul 2025

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Name	Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology
ISSN (Print)	1944-9399
ISSN (Electronic)	1944-9380

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Conference	25th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2025
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington
Period	13/07/25 → 16/07/25

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Hofmann, S., Drewniok, J., Walter, M., & Wille, R. (2025). MNT Designer: A Comprehensive Design Tool for Field-Coupled Nanocomputing. In F. Urban, A. Pelella, & A. Di Bartolomeo (Eds.), 25th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2025 (pp. 40-45). (Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO63165.2025.11113823

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Hofmann, S , Drewniok, J , Walter, M & Wille, R 2025, MNT Designer: A Comprehensive Design Tool for Field-Coupled Nanocomputing. in F Urban, A Pelella & A Di Bartolomeo (eds), 25th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2025. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 40-45, 25th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2025, Washington, United States, 13/07/25. https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO63165.2025.11113823

MNT Designer: A Comprehensive Design Tool for Field-Coupled Nanocomputing. / Hofmann, Simon ; Drewniok, Jan ; Walter, Marcel et al.
25th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2025. ed. / Francesca Urban; Aniello Pelella; Antonio Di Bartolomeo. IEEE Computer Society, 2025. p. 40-45 (Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology).

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