Synchronization Design for Digital Systems

Synchronization is one of the important issues in digital system design. While other approaches have always been intriguing, up until now synchronous operation using a common clock has been the dominant design philosophy. However, we have reached the point, with advances in technology, where other options should be given serious consideration. This is because the clock periods are getting much smaller in relation to the interconnect propagation delays, even within a single chip and certainl...