Design Techniques for High-Speed Datapaths
Bertrand S. Irissou
EECS Department
University of California, Berkeley
Technical Report No. UCB/CSD-93-748
November 1992
http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1993/CSD-93-748.pdf
This report describes our research on the performance limits of datapaths in MOS technology. By using a combination of single-phase clocking, dynamic logic circuits, limited pipelining and custom layout, we achieve high-speed operation of the datapath and a tremendous performance increase over traditional implementations that use static CMOS circuits and multi-phase clocking. To demonstrate these techniques, we have built a 64-bit integer datapath comprising an adder, a three-ported register file and a PLA. The datapath was fabricated in the HP CMOS34 1.2um process. It has been tested and is fully functional at 180MHz.
BibTeX citation:
@techreport{Irissou:CSD-93-748,
Author = {Irissou, Bertrand S.},
Title = {Design Techniques for High-Speed Datapaths},
Institution = {EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley},
Year = {1992},
Month = {Nov},
URL = {http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1992/6303.html},
Number = {UCB/CSD-93-748},
Abstract = {This report describes our research on the performance limits of datapaths in MOS technology. By using a combination of single-phase clocking, dynamic logic circuits, limited pipelining and custom layout, we achieve high-speed operation of the datapath and a tremendous performance increase over traditional implementations that use static CMOS circuits and multi-phase clocking. To demonstrate these techniques, we have built a 64-bit integer datapath comprising an adder, a three-ported register file and a PLA. The datapath was fabricated in the HP CMOS34 1.2um process. It has been tested and is fully functional at 180MHz.}
}
EndNote citation:
%0 Report %A Irissou, Bertrand S. %T Design Techniques for High-Speed Datapaths %I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley %D 1992 %@ UCB/CSD-93-748 %U http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1992/6303.html %F Irissou:CSD-93-748