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TITAC: Design of a quasi-delay-insensitive microprocessor

Nanya et al., 1994

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1531131629494700509
Author
Nanya T
Ueno Y
Kagotani H
Kuwako M
Takamura A
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IEEE Design & Test of computers

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TITAC is an asynchronous version of an 8-bit von Neumann microprocessor based on the delay-insensitive model incorporating the isochronic-forks assumption. In its two-phase, event-driven design scheme, a working phase and an idle phase alternate to execute …
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