AMULET 1: An asynchronous ARM microprocessor

IEEE Transactions on Computers

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 385-398

  Woods, J V ^a   Day, P ^b   Furber, S B ^a   Garside, J D ^a   Paver, N C ^b   Temple, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Bruntwood Hall ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control design styles; Control structures and microprogramming; Integrated circuits, types, and design styles; Processor architectures; Single data stream architectures

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; LOGIC CIRCUITS; LOGIC DESIGN; MICROPROGRAMMING; VLSI CIRCUITS;

ASYNCHRONOUS MICROPROCESSORS;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 0031117668     PISSN: 00189340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/12.588033     Document Type: Article

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