• DocumentCode
    3366699
  • Title

    Performance Modeling and Analysis of Asynchronous Linear-Pipeline with Time Variable Delays

  • Author

    Yahya, Eslam ; Renaudin, Marc

  • Author_Institution
    TIMA Lab., Grenoble
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    11-14 Dec. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1288
  • Lastpage
    1291
  • Abstract
    This paper introduces a new methodology for evaluating the performance of asynchronous linear-pipelines. The Token Vector Delay Model is introduced to capture delay variability, which can originate from data, process and/or environment. Then, closed form equations modeling handshaking protocols are defined. These equations enable us to construct an abstract analytical model of the pipeline. The analytical model is then solved to compute the circuit performance in the presence of time variable delays. The tool developed to implement the method enables the designer to analyze circuits with tens of pipeline stages in a few seconds.
  • Keywords
    asynchronous circuits; delay circuits; time-varying networks; asynchronous linear-pipeline; circuit performance; time variable delays; token vector delay; Analytical models; Circuit analysis; Circuit analysis computing; Circuit optimization; Delay effects; Design methodology; Equations; Performance analysis; Pipelines; Protocols;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2007. ICECS 2007. 14th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Marrakech
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1377-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1378-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICECS.2007.4511233
  • Filename
    4511233