AsAP: An Asynchronous Array of Simple Processors

Abstract:

An array of simple programmable processors is implemented in 0.18 m CMOS and contains 36 asynchronously clocked independent processors. Each processor occupies 0.66 mm^2 and is fully functional at a clock rate of 520-540 MHz at 1.8 V and over 600 MHz at 2.0 V. Processors dissipate an average of 32 mW under typical conditions at 1.8 V and 475 MHz, and 2.4 mW at 0.9 V and 116 MHz while executing applications such as a JPEG encoder core and a fully compliant IEEE 802.11a/g wireless LAN baseband transmitter.

Paper

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Reference

Zhiyi Yu, Michael Meeuwsen, Ryan Apperson, Omar Sattari, Michael Lai, Jeremy Webb, Eric Work, Dean Truong, Tinoosh Mohsenin, Bevan Baas, "AsAP: An Asynchronous Array of Simple Processors," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 695-705, March 2008.

BibTeX entry

@article{VCL:JSSC:2008,
   author    = {Zhiyi Yu, Michael Meeuwsen, Ryan Apperson, Omar Sattari, 
   Michael Lai, Jeremy Webb, Eric Work, Dean Truong, Tinoosh Mohsenin, 
   Bevan Baas},
   title     = {AsAP: An Asynchronous Array of Simple Processors},
   journal   = {IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC)},
   year      = 2008,
   month     = mar,
   pages     = {695-705},
   volume    = 43,
   number    = 3
   }

Last update: March 08, 2008