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Conclusions
Asynchronous is NOT a
Religion!
–Stop evangelizing goodness Axioms
–It is NOT about asynchronous OR
synchronous!
–It is about clocking selectively!
Need Pragmatic Design
Approaches and Flows
Need New EDA Tools
Need New EDA Algorithms
Don’t need new Library Cells
for ASIC/SoC
Don’t need new Silicon
Architecture for FPGAs
Killer Apps are here to
stay; Understand them!
–SoC synchronization
–Low-Power
–Variability
CE-653 - De-Synchronisation Methodology