Power reduction in self-timed circuits using early-open latchcontrollers |
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| Authors: | Riocreux P.A. Lewis M.J.G. Brackenbury L.E.M. |
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| Affiliation: | Dept. of Comput. Sci., Manchester Univ.; |
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| Abstract: | An early-open latch controller for use in self-timed micropipeline circuits is described. It switches into normally-open mode shortly before the arrival of the data. Preventing energy dissipation due to data propagation down the pipe, but preserves the speed advantage of a normally-open latch controller. This is confirmed by comparing the throughput and power for a large circuit with those obtained using other latch controllers |
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