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Metastability in better-than-worst-case designs

Beer et al., 2014

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5736460163325045605
Author
Beer S
Cannizzaro M
Cortadella J
Ginosar R
Lavagno L
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2014 20th IEEE International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems

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Better-Than-Worst-Case-Designs use timing speculation to run with a cycle period faster than the one required for worst-case conditions. This speculation may produce timing violations and metastability that result in failures and non-deterministic timing behavior. The …
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