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 # *fiction* – Design Automation for Field-coupled Nanotechnologies
 
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 This code base provides a framework for **fi**eld-**c**oupled **t**echnology-**i**ndependent **o**pen **n**anocomputing
 in C++17 using the [EPFL Logic Synthesis Libraries](https://github.com/lsils/lstools-showcase). Thereby, *fiction*