Principles of asynchronous circuit design - A systems perspective

This book was compiled to address a perceived need for an introductory text on asynchronous design. There are several highly technical books on aspects of the subject, but no obvious starting point for a designer who wishes to become acquainted for the first time with asynchronous technology. We hope this book will serve as that starting point. The reader is assumed to have some background in digital design. We assume that concepts such as logic gates, flip-flops and Boolean logic are familiar. Some of the latter sections also assume familiarity with the higher levels of digital design such as microprocessor architectures and systems-on-chip, but readers unfamiliar with these topics should still find the majority of the book accessible.