DocumentCode
2160915
Title
The design and evaluation of an asynchronous microprocessor
Author
Furber, S.B. ; Day, P. ; Garside, J.D. ; Paver, N.C. ; Temple, S. ; Woods, J.V.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Manchester Univ., UK
fYear
1994
fDate
10-12 Oct 1994
Firstpage
217
Lastpage
220
Abstract
AMULET1 is a fully asynchronous implementation of the ARM microprocessor which was designed at Manchester University between 1991 and 1993. First silicon arrived in April 1994 and was found to be functional, demonstrating that asynchronous design of complex circuits is feasible with present day CAD tools. This paper presents the motivation for the work, some of the design choices which were made, the problems which were encountered during the development of the design and the characteristics of the device itself. The future potential for asynchronous circuits is also discussed
Keywords
CMOS integrated circuits; logic CAD; microprocessor chips; sequential circuits; AMULET1; ARM microprocessor; CAD; asynchronous circuits; asynchronous microprocessor; Circuits; Clocks; Computer science; Design automation; Energy management; Microprocessors; Process design; Reduced instruction set computing; Silicon; Timing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors, 1994. ICCD '94. Proceedings., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN
0-8186-6565-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICCD.1994.331891
Filename
331891
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