Practical Design of Globally-Asynchronous Locally-Synchronous Systems

  • Authors:
  • Jens Muttersbach;Thomas Villiger;Wolfgang Fichtner

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • ASYNC '00 Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Advanced Research in Asynchronous Circuits and Systems
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

In this paper we describe a complete design methodology for a globally asynchronous on-chip communication network connecting both locally synchronous and asynchronous modules. Synchronous modules are equipped with asynchronous wrappers, which adapt their interfaces to the self-timed environment and prevent meta-stability. These wrappers are assembled from a concise library of pre-designed technology-independent elements and provide high-speed data transfer. We confirmed the validity of our concept by applying it to an ASIC design implementing the Safer crypto-algorithm.