TY - GEN
T1 - ToPoliNano and fiction
T2 - 23rd Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2020
AU - Garlando, Umberto
AU - Walter, Marcel
AU - Wille, Robert
AU - Riente, Fabrizio
AU - Torres, Frank Sill
AU - Drechsler, Rolf
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Field-coupled Nanocomputing (FCN) is a computing concept with several promising post-CMOS candidate implementations that offer tremendously low power dissipation and highest processing performance at the same time. Two of the manifold physical implementations are Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) and Nanomagnet Logic (NML). Both inherently come with domain-specific properties and design constraints that render established conventional design algorithms inapplicable. Accordingly, dedicated design tools for those technologies are required. This paper provides an overview of two leading examples of such tools, namely fiction and ToPoliNano. Both tools provide effective methods that cover aspects such as placement, routing, clocking, design rule checking, verification, and logical as well as physical simulation. By this, both freely available tools provide platforms for future research in the FCN domain.
AB - Field-coupled Nanocomputing (FCN) is a computing concept with several promising post-CMOS candidate implementations that offer tremendously low power dissipation and highest processing performance at the same time. Two of the manifold physical implementations are Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) and Nanomagnet Logic (NML). Both inherently come with domain-specific properties and design constraints that render established conventional design algorithms inapplicable. Accordingly, dedicated design tools for those technologies are required. This paper provides an overview of two leading examples of such tools, namely fiction and ToPoliNano. Both tools provide effective methods that cover aspects such as placement, routing, clocking, design rule checking, verification, and logical as well as physical simulation. By this, both freely available tools provide platforms for future research in the FCN domain.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85096365201&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/DSD51259.2020.00071
DO - 10.1109/DSD51259.2020.00071
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85096365201
T3 - Proceedings - Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2020
SP - 408
EP - 415
BT - Proceedings - Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2020
A2 - Trost, Andrej
A2 - Zemva, Andrej
A2 - Skavhaug, Amund
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 26 August 2020 through 28 August 2020
ER -