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}Pipeline Performance Metrics
}Synchronous vs.  Asynchronous
}Forward and Backward Latencies
}Linear Pipeline Performance
}Cycle Time, Latency, Throughput, Dynamic Slack/Occupancy
}Occupancy vs. # of Tokens Graph
}Computing Peak Throughput and Average # of Tokens Occupancy
}Performance of Pipeline Rings
}An Example: GCD Implementation
}Pipelining the GCD datapath
}Optimising Pipelines and Rings
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CE-653 - Asynchronous Pipeline Performance
11/5/2014
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