Synchronization and arbitration in digital systems

Today's networks of processors on and off chip, operating with independent clocks, need effective synchronization of the data passing between them for reliability. When two or more processors request access to a common resource, such as a memory, an arbiter has to decide which request to deal w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kinniment, D. J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, England J. Wiley & Sons 2007
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Synchronization, arbitration and choice
  • Modelling metastability
  • Circuits
  • Noise and its effects
  • Metastability measurements
  • Synchronizers in systems
  • Networks and interconnects
  • Pausible and stoppable clocks in GALS
  • Arbitration
  • Simple two-way arbiters
  • Multi-way arbiters
  • Priority arbiters