Asynchronous design methodologies: an overview

Author

Hauck, Scott

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA

Volume

83

Issue

1

fYear

1995

fDate

1/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

69

Lastpage

93

Abstract

Asynchronous design has been an active area of research since at least the mid 1950´s, but has yet to achieve widespread use. We examine the benefits and problems inherent in asynchronous computations, and in some of the more notable design methodologies. These include Huffman asynchronous circuits, burst-mode circuits, micropipelines, template-based and trace theory-based delay-insensitive circuits, signal transition graphs, change diagrams, and complication-based quasi-delay-insensitive circuits

Keywords

Huffman codes; asynchronous circuits; delays; logic design; pipeline processing; signal flow graphs; Huffman asynchronous circuits; asynchronous circuits; asynchronous computations; asynchronous design methodologies; burst-mode circuits; change diagrams; complication-based quasi-delay-insensitive circuits; logic design; micropipelines; signal transition graphs; template-based delay-insensitive circuits; trace theory-based delay-insensitive circuits; Asynchronous circuits; Boolean functions; Clocks; Computer science; Delay; Design methodology; Feedback; Hazards; Logic design; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.362752

Filename

362752