Transforming synchronous standard socket designs to GALS designs [articol]

Abstract

The paper presents a solution for transforming a fully synchronous socket based design into a GALS structure that eliminates the need for a global clock, thus reducing the power consumption. The solution presents a set of asynchronous wrappers that transforms the standards synchronous interface into an asynchronous one while provide a stoppable clocking solution to further reduce the consumed power. The solution was proved in simulation using a communication system with one master and multiple slaves.