• DocumentCode
    1333375
  • Title

    Proteus: An ASIC Flow for GHz Asynchronous Designs

  • Author

    Beerel, Peter A. ; Dimou, G.D. ; Lines, Andrew M.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    36
  • Lastpage
    51
  • Abstract
    Editors´ note:The high-performance benefits of asynchronous design have hitherto been obtained only using full-custom design. This article presents an industrial-strength asynchronous ASIC CAD flow that enables the automatic synthesis and physical design of high-level specifications into GHz silicon, greatly reducing design time and enabling far wider use of asynchronous technology.
  • Keywords
    application specific integrated circuits; asynchronous circuits; integrated circuit design; logic CAD; logic design; GHz asynchronous designs; asynchronous technology; automatic synthesis; industrial strength asynchronous ASIC CAD flow; physical design; proteus; Asynchronous; Asynchronous transfer mode; Flip-flops; Hardware design languages; Logic gates; Synchronization; asynchronous design; asynchronous place and route; communicating sequential processes; design and test; high performance; slack matching;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7475
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MDT.2011.114
  • Filename
    6028534