The energy and entropy of VLSI computations

Proceedings - 2nd International Symposium on Advanced Research in Asynchronous Circuits and Systems, ASYNC 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 188-196

  Tierno, J A ^a,b   Manohar, R ^a   Martin, A J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS SEQUENTIAL LOGIC; ENTROPY; INFORMATION THEORY; VLSI CIRCUITS;

ASYNCHRONOUS CIRCUITS; ENERGY AND ENTROPIES; ENERGY INDEXES; ENTROPY MEASURE; HIGH LEVEL SPECIFICATION; LOW-POWER CIRCUIT;

LOW POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 85056910765     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASYNC.1996.494450     Document Type: Conference Paper

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