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Principles of Asynchronous Circuit Design

A Systems Perspective

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Jens Sparsø

    1. Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

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  2. Steve Furber

    1. The University of Manchester, UK

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Asynchronous Circuit Design — A Tutorial

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Jens Sparsø, Steve Furber
      Pages 3-8

    3. Fundamentals

      • Jens Sparsø, Steve Furber
      Pages 9-28

    4. Static Data-Flow Structures

      • Jens Sparsø, Steve Furber
      Pages 29-40

    5. Performance

      • Jens Sparsø, Steve Furber
      Pages 41-56

    6. Handshake Circuit Implementations

      • Jens Sparsø, Steve Furber
      Pages 57-80

    7. Speed-Independent Control Circuits

      • Jens Sparsø, Steve Furber
      Pages 81-113

    8. Advanced 4-Phase Bundled-Data Protocols and Circuits

      • Jens Sparsø, Steve Furber
      Pages 115-122

    9. High-Level Languages and Tools

      • Jens Sparsø, Steve Furber
      Pages 123-152

  3. Balsa — An Asynchronous Hardware Synthesis System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. An Introduction to Balsa

      • Jens Sparsø, Steve Furber
      Pages 155-171

    3. The Balsa Language

      • Jens Sparsø, Steve Furber
      Pages 173-191

    4. Building Library Components

      • Jens Sparsø, Steve Furber
      Pages 193-204

    5. A Simple DMA Controller

      • Jens Sparsø, Steve Furber
      Pages 205-218

  4. Large-Scale Asynchronous Designs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
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    2. Descale

      • Joep Kessels, Ad Peeters, Torsten Kramer, Volker Timm
      Pages 221-248

    3. An Asynchronous Viterbi Decoder

      • Linda E. M. Brackenbury
      Pages 249-272

    4. Processors

      • Jim D. Garside
      Pages 273-315

  5. Epilogue

    1. Epilogue

      • Jens Sparsø, Steve Furber
      Pages 317-318
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Principles of Asynchronous Circuit Design - A Systems Perspective addresses the need for an introductory text on asynchronous circuit design. Part I is an 8-chapter tutorial which addresses the most important issues for the beginner, including how to think about asynchronous systems. Part II is a 4-chapter introduction to Balsa, a freely-available synthesis system for asynchronous circuits which will enable the reader to get hands-on experience of designing high-level asynchronous systems. Part III offers a number of examples of state-of-the-art asynchronous systems to illustrate what can be built using asynchronous techniques. The examples range from a complete commercial smart card chip to complex microprocessors.
The objective in writing this book has been to enable industrial designers with a background in conventional (clocked) design to be able to understand asynchronous design sufficiently to assess what it has to offer and whether it might be advantageous in their next design task.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

    Jens Sparsø

  • The University of Manchester, UK

    Steve Furber

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