First Demonstration of a Superconducting Electronics Microcontroller RTL-to-GDSII Flow
Abstract
Josephson Junction-based Superconducting circuits are promising candidates for high-speed, digital electronics, enabling master clock speeds exceeding 10x of today's microprocessors with dramatically lower power consumption. These circuits, a critical enabling technology for multiple applications and technology leadership areas important to the Intelligence and Defense Community, including Raw Performance Compute, Energy Efficient Computing, and Signal Discrimination in Fast-Big Data (SIGINT). Superconducting Electronics is also a key enabler in research towards the implementation of Scale Quantum Computing and Reversable Computing. As part of the IARPA sponsored SuperTools [1] program targeting the SFQ5ee fabrication process at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Synopsys is collaborating with industry and academic experts in the field of Superconducting Electronics (SCE) to develop a comprehensive set of physics based Technology Computer Aided Design (TCAD) tools for accurate modeling, and Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools that enable the automation of digital SCE designs, thereby increasing the integration scale, efficiency, and manufacturability of these designs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 29, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1136578
Entities
People
- Amir Ajami
- Anton Belov
- Danny Rawlings
- Eric Mlinar
- Gongalla Naveen
- John Chase
- Jovanka C. Vujkovic
- Leah Clark
- Luca Amaru
- Min Pan
- Peter Moceyunas
- Rajinder Singh
- Scott L. Anderson
- Shirley Lu
- Song Chen
- Steve Whiteley
- Taufik Arifin
- Thye-lai Tung
- Tong Liu
- Yalan Zhang