Asynchronous ripple pipeline

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2011-06-28

2011-06-28

Chan, Eddie P (Department: 2183)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing

Processing control

Processing control for data transfer

C326S093000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07971038

ABSTRACT:
An asynchronous ripple pipeline has a plurality of stages, each with a controller (18) and a register (16). The controller has a register control output (21), and a combined acknowledgement and request output (20), together with a request input (22) and an acknowledgement input (24). The protocol used has a single signal, output on the combined acknowledgement and request output (20) of a stage (30), that functions both as a request to the next stage (32) and an acknowledgement to the previous stage (34).

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