From perr@ifi.uio.no Thu Jun 9 14:02:47 1994 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Per_Torstein_R=F8ine?= Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 14:45:40 +0200 To: asynchronous@hohum.stanford.edu Subject: Asynchronous FIFO Buffer for Multicomputer Applications Content-Length: 1894 X-Lines: 42 Status: RO (I apologize if you have seen this already - This is the third time I send this message. From here, it does not seem to have come through earlier.) I am happy to announce the availability of my Master Thesis with the above title. The thesis discusses the background, design and optimization of an asynchronous bundled data design with about 19000 transistors in an 1.6um CMOS process, and a throughput of up to about 150 million symbols/second. It is available by anonymous ftp this way: ftp ftp.ifi.uio.no (login as "anonymous", with your email address as password) cd pub/swipp/pub/mastertheses/v94-roine bin get thesis_color.ps.Z (or get thesis_bw.ps.Z, see below) Abstract: An asynchronous FIFO buffer design with synchronous outputs is described. This FIFO buffer is designed for use in an interconnection network for multicomputers. At the input of the FIFO buffer, symbols that are not to be stored are discarded. Data coming out of the FIFO buffer are synchronized to the receiver's clock. The asynchronous design methodology is based on micropipelines and signal transition graphs. A specialized standard cell library for asynchronous circuits is implemented and used for the design. Optimization methods are also described and used on the circuit. Working prototypes have been produced. thesis_color.ps.Z contains three figures in color, and a color photography of the chip on the front page. In thesis_bw.ps.Z, all figures are in black and white, and no chip photography is included on the front page. Both versions are printable on black and white postscript printers. Feel free to send any questions or comments about this thesis to: Per Torstein Roeine email: perr@ifi.uio.no University of Oslo mail: Per Torstein Roeine Department of Informatics 5420 Sogn Studentby Microelectronics group N-0858 OSLO, NORWAY