MONTEREY, Calif. — A shift to asynchronous design styles is “inevitable” for digital computing systems, according to Ivan Sutherland, vice president and fellow at Sun Microsystems Laboratories.

Non-mainstream technologies can offer advantages over more commonly used approaches, but usually at some additional cost (otherwise they’d probably be mainstream). The additional cost could be in ...

This paper describes the architectural design of RISC based asynchronous microprocessor as an alternative to clocked design. It explores the design of a low power asynchronous CORDIC coprocessor ...

Available with either an asynchronous or synchronous interface, the industry's first 18-Mbit dual-port RAMs come in a 512-kword by 36-bit configuration. The availability of both interfaces allows ...

Managing the power consumption of ICs is an increasingly difficult challenge, because each new generation of portable device includes expanded features and demands longer battery lives.

An asynchronous DSP offers better power, performance, and reliability than one based on standard synchronous logic. It also enables simpler and less expensive PCB and power supplies. Until today, the ...

Asynchronous processors, which function without a global clock, have emerged as a compelling alternative to traditional synchronous architectures. Their design relies on handshake protocols and local ...

Housed in a 255-contact plastic ball-grid-array package that measures just 25 by 25 mm, the W82M32V-XBX multichip memory module provides up to 2 Mwords by 32 bits of asynchronous static memory. The ...