Wave-pipelining: a tutorial and research survey

— Wave-pipelining is a method of high-performance circuit design which implements pipelining in logic without the use of intermediate latches or registers. The combination of high-performance integrated circuit (IC) technologies, pipelined architectures, and sophisticated computer-aided design (CAD) tools has converted wave-pipelining from a theoretical oddity into a realistic, although challenging, VLSI design method. This paper presents a tutorial of the principles of wave-pipelining and a survey of wave-pipelined VLSI chips and CAD tools for the synthesis and analysis of wave-pipelined circuits.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 1998
• Where: TVLSI
• Authors: Wayne P. Burleson, Maciej J. Ciesielski, Fabian Klass, W. Liu
• Keywords: Intermediate Latches, Theoretical Oddity, TVLSI 1998, VLSI Design Method