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Fourth International Symposium on Advanced Research in Asynchronous Circuits and Systems (ASYNC '98)
ASPRO-216: A Standard-Cell Q.D.I. 16-Bit RISC Asynchronous Microprocessor
San Diego, CA
March 30-April 02
ISBN: 0-8186-8392-9
M. Renaudin, E.N.S.T. de Bretagne, France Telecom - CNET
P. Vivet, E.N.S.T. de Bretagne, France Telecom - CNET
F. Robin, E.N.S.T. de Bretagne, France Telecom - CNET
The design of a CMOS standard-cell Quasi-Delay-Insensitive (QDI) 16-bit asynchronous microprocessor is presented. ASPRO-216 is being developed for embedded applications. It is a scalar processor which issues instructions in-order and completes their execution out-of-order, and it can be customized both at the hardware and software levels to fit specific application requirements. Its architecture extensively uses an overlapping pipelined execution scheme involving de-synchronized units. The design flow and circuit style are an original application of A. Martin's method. The expected performance is 200 peak MIPS, 0.5 Watt using a 0.25 ?m technology.
Index Terms:
asynchronous microprocessor, quasi-delay-insensitive circuits, standard-cell asynchronous design
Citation:
M. Renaudin, P. Vivet, F. Robin, "ASPRO-216: A Standard-Cell Q.D.I. 16-Bit RISC Asynchronous Microprocessor," async, pp.0022, Fourth International Symposium on Advanced Research in Asynchronous Circuits and Systems (ASYNC '98), 1998
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