Principles of Asynchronous Circuit Design

A Systems Perspective
2002
ISBN: 978-0-7923-7613-2
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 337 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1520 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Furber, Steve

Sparsø, Jens

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Mikroprozessoren
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Bauelemente, Schaltkreise
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Hardware: Grundlagen und Allgemeines
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Externe Speicher & Peripheriegeräte
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Systemverwaltung & Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I Asynchronous circuit design — A tutorial.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Fundamentals.- 3 Static data-flow structures.- 4 Performance.- 5 Handshake circuit implementations.- 6 Speed-independent control circuits.- 7 Advanced 4-phase bundled-data protocols and circuits.- 8 High-level languages and tools.- II Balsa — An Asynchronous Hardware Synthesis System.- 9 An introduction to Balsa.- 10 The Balsa language.- 11 Building library components.- 12 A simple DMA controller.- III Large-Scale Asynchronous Designs.- 13 Descale.- 14 An Asynchronous Viterbi Decoder.- 15 Processors.- Epilogue.- References.