mjbs

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by mjbs 11y ago
Maybe, instead of taking precautions like trying to always take the same amount of time for some computation (which sounds like a pain!) we could take advantage of some unique properties of async chips. I'm thinking of something like r
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by mjbs 11y ago
Yes, this only compares energy consumption to help show the difference between synchronous(with the explicit goal energy efficiency) and async designs. I don't think peripherals has anything to do with this comparison. There are obviou
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by mjbs 11y ago
I'm confused by this. Can you explain further or provide a link please?
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by mjbs 11y ago
I think you are mostly right. They work at the fastest speed possible, the power usage is minimized by not doing anything when there is nothing to do. And from not having to propagate a clock signal all over the chip (maybe other reasons a
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by mjbs 11y ago
Asynchronous computers are commercially available right now which have been shown to be fully reliable. Asynchronous design has been an area of research for a long time and many successful computers have been built. Why is device variation
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by mjbs 11y ago
That is correct, but the difference may not be that noticeable. We can look at the GA144 asynchronous computer as an example. You can find a relevant graph that compares supply voltage to execution speed on page 20 of this reference: http:
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by mjbs 11y ago
And if you want to get an asynchronous chip you can play around with today, check out the GA144 from Greenarrays. I believe this is currently the only commercially available asynchronous processor. http://www.greenarraychips.com&