AGAM: automatic generation of asynchronous machines

Author

Moghaddamzadeh, A. ; Elmasry, M.I.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada

fYear

1991

fDate

11-14 Jun 1991

Firstpage

3154

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1991., IEEE International Sympoisum on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0050-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.1991.176220

Filename

176220