Title

Performance Comparison of Clocked and Asynchronous Pipelines

Authors

Mark A. Franklin, Washington University in St LouisFollow
Tienyo Pan, Washington University in St Louis

Document Type

Technical Report

Publication Date

1992-10-01

Filename

WUCS-92-45.pdf

DOI:

10.7936/K70R9MRJ

Technical Report Number

WUCS-92-45

Abstract

Clock (synchronous) and self-timed (asynchronous) represent the two principal methodologies associated with timing control and synchronization of digital systems. In this paper, clocked and the asynchronous instruction and arithmetic pipelines are modeled and compared. The approach, which yields the best performance is dependent on technology parameters, operating range and pipeline algorithm characteristics. Design curves are presented which permit selection of the best approach for a given application and technology environment.

Comments

Permanent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7936/K70R9MRJ

Recommended Citation

Franklin, Mark A. and Pan, Tienyo, "Performance Comparison of Clocked and Asynchronous Pipelines" Report Number: WUCS-92-45 (1992). All Computer Science and Engineering Research.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cse_research/607