Frugal EDA
Energy-efficient circuits and systems through quantum superconductivity
FRUGAL EDA is an open-source user-friendly software design suite dedicated to energy-frugal electronics based on the amazing quantum physical properties of superconductivity. Its objective is to enable the design of energy-efficient ultra-high-speed (up to clock frequencies of several hundreds GHz) quantum-based circuits and systems for the widest possible audience. FRUGAL will emulate the development of new circuits and functionalities so that disruptive quantum electronics can take its place in the current highly-competitive emerging technology landscape. One goal is to increase the number of students and newcomers interested to design quantum-based circuits without the need of unaffordable tools, proprietary technologies or steep learning curves.FRUGAL embeds a set of open-source software tools comprising a schematic editor(LibrePCB), a SPICE netlist converter (L2SPICE), quantum time-domain simulators (JSIM and JoSIM) and a layout editor (KLayout). More designer-oriented features will be added along the course of development.
- The project's own website: https://www.sefira.org/software
Run by SEFIRA: Non-profit Society for the advancement of Science
This project was funded through the NGI0 Core Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101092990.
