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CE-653 - Asynchronous Pipeline
Performance
}Shorter pipeline (lower static slack) may not be
bottleneck
}Can happen if peak
throughout of shorter pipeline is larger than longer pipeline
}See Figure (a) above
}Equal static slack is not always optimal
}i.e., adding buffers may
improve peak throughput despite causing a static slack imbalance
}See Figure (b) above
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