Asynchronous design has been avoided in the past for many reasons, the most important being the lack of a standardized tool flow. To deliver devices quickly, IC design teams use high-level programming ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. Fulcrum Microsystems (Calabasas Hills, Calif.), has reported successful characterization of a 130 nm test chip carrying its fully asynchronous Nexus crossbar switch block. The design ...

Asynchronous design Asynchronous communication between components requires a design pattern so that the program can determine when or if a called method has completed executing.

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 ...