Wave-pipelining: a tutorial and research survey |
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Authors: | Burleson WP Ciesielski M Klass F Liu W |
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Affiliation: | Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA; |
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Abstract: | Wave-pipelining is a method of high-performance circuit design which implements pipelining in logic without the use of intermediate latches or registers. The combination of high-performance integrated circuit (IC) technologies, pipelined architectures, and sophisticated computer-aided design (CAD) tools has converted wave-pipelining from a theoretical oddity into a realistic, although challenging, VLSI design method. This paper presents a tutorial of the principles of wave-pipelining and a survey of wave-pipelined VLSI chips and CAD tools for the synthesis and analysis of wave-pipelined circuits |
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