An Open Source Design Flow for Asynchronous Circuits

Abstract

There have been a number of small-scale and large-scale technology demonstrations of asynchronous circuits, showing that they have benefits in performance and power efficiency in a variety of application domains. Most recently, asynchronous circuits were used in the TrueNorth neuromorphic chip to achieve unprecedented energy-efficiency for neuromorphic systems. However, these circuits cannot be easily adopted, because commercially available design tools do not support asynchronous logic. As part of the DARPA ERI effort, we are addressing this challenge by developing a set of open-source design tools for asynchronous circuits.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 25, 2019
Accession Number
AD1075807

Entities

People

  • Rajit Manohar

Organizations

  • Yale University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuits
  • Communication Channels
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Digital Circuits
  • Digital Communications
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Language
  • Logic Gates
  • Programming Languages
  • Signal Processing
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Software Development
  • Standards

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.