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| Jo Ebergen, Daniel Finchelstein, Russell Kao, Jon Lexau, David Hopkins, "An Evaluation of Asynchronous Stacks," IEEE Design & Test of Computers, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 52-61, September/October, 2011. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/MDT.2011.95, author = {Jo Ebergen and Daniel Finchelstein and Russell Kao and Jon Lexau and David Hopkins}, title = {An Evaluation of Asynchronous Stacks}, journal ={IEEE Design & Test of Computers}, volume = {28}, number = {5}, issn = {0740-7475}, year = {2011}, pages = {52-61}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MDT.2011.95}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Design & Test of Computers TI - An Evaluation of Asynchronous Stacks IS - 5 SN - 0740-7475 SP52 EP61 EPD - 52-61 A1 - Jo Ebergen, A1 - Daniel Finchelstein, A1 - Russell Kao, A1 - Jon Lexau, A1 - David Hopkins, PY - 2011 KW - design and test KW - asynchronous circuits KW - LIFO KW - stack KW - static-energy consumption KW - dynamic-energy consumption VL - 28 JA - IEEE Design & Test of Computers ER - | |||
Editors' note:
This article presents a case study of a fast and energy-efficient hardware implementation of a stack. The design is highly scalable, as its cycle time remains unchanged and energy per operation grows very slowly, with an increase in the number of storage locations. This design example demonstrates two often-claimed benefits of asynchronous circuit design: the potential for high average-case performance and low power consumption.
—Montek Singh (UNC Chapel Hill) and Luciano Lavagno (Politecnico di Torino)
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