Title :
AGAM: automatic generation of asynchronous machines
Author :
Moghaddamzadeh, A. ; Elmasry, M.I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
A package-AGAM (automatic generation of asynchronous machines)-which synthesizes asynchronous ASICs (application specific ICs) is presented. AGAM generates an asynchronously controlled machine at the schematic level in the Cadence design system from a high-level specifier program using CMOS standard cells. The schematic capture can then be automatically placed and routed. Simulation results show that the machine generated by AGAM has two times the speed of self-timed processors and three times the speed of the synchronous versions in the same technology
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; application specific integrated circuits; asynchronous sequential logic; cellular arrays; logic CAD; sequential machines; software packages; AGAM; CMOS standard cells; Cadence design system; asynchronous ASICs; asynchronous machines; automatic generation; high-level specifier program; logic CAD; schematic capture; schematic level; Application software; Automatic control; Automatic generation control; Circuits; Clocks; Control system synthesis; Control systems; Delay; Packaging machines; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1991., IEEE International Sympoisum on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0050-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1991.176220
