Title :
Hardware method of synchronising processes without using a clock
Author_Institution :
IBM UK Laboratories Ltd., Winchester, UK
Abstract :
A system of asynchronous logic is described whose purpose is to keep operations taking place in several different devices in step with one another. The description includes details of control waveforms on the three bus lines that interconnect the devices, a suggested implementation and a state table showing how it operates.
Keywords :
multiprocessing systems; synchronisation; asynchronous logic; bus lines; control waveforms; multiprocessing system; state table; synchronising processes;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19830526