Title :
Two-phase asynchronous pipeline control
Author :
Appleton, Sam S. ; Morton, Shannon V. ; Liebelt, Michael J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Adelaide Univ., SA, Australia
Abstract :
In this paper the potential speed and power efficiency of two-phase asynchronous systems operating under a bounded-delay model are explored. It is shown that two-phase bounded-delay systems can significantly outperform four-phase approaches published to date. The design of a prototype microprocessor using this two-phase approach is then described, and preliminary results are presented
Keywords :
microprocessor chips; pipeline processing; bounded-delay model; prototype microprocessor; two-phase asynchronous pipeline control; Automatic control; Circuits; Control system synthesis; Control systems; Design engineering; Logic; Microprocessors; Pipelines; Power engineering and energy; Power system modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Research in Asynchronous Circuits and Systems, 1997. Proceedings., Third International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Eindhoven
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7922-0
DOI :
10.1109/ASYNC.1997.587140
