Asynchronous Circuit Design

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Summary: Asynchronous Circuit Theory?
Review: I'm actually pretty disappointed in the book. I was hoping for asynchronous circuits. A better title for the book would be "Asynchronous Circuit Theory". The book is more of an Ivory Tower book that describes theory, with not as much practical information as would be hoped. The VHDL examples in the back are so completely removed from what could ever be synthesized, that they're useless from an HDL standpoint. It would even be helpful if he gave us an idea of what simulator could actually simulate his VHDL, because none of mine could. And without any comments or descriptions of the code, I couldn't even figure out what he was trying to do to make it work.
However. If you want to be caught up in the latest asynchronous theory, this book is excellent. It uses a very simple "wine shop" paradigm throughout the book to help the reader understand each new principle.

Rating:
Summary: Asynchronous Circuit Theory?
Review: I'm actually pretty disappointed in the book. I was hoping for asynchronous circuits. A better title for the book would be "Asynchronous Circuit Theory". The book is more of an Ivory Tower book that describes theory, with not as much practical information as would be hoped. The VHDL examples in the back are so completely removed from what could ever be synthesized, that they're useless from an HDL standpoint. It would even be helpful if he gave us an idea of what simulator could actually simulate his VHDL, because none of mine could. And without any comments or descriptions of the code, I couldn't even figure out what he was trying to do to make it work.
However. If you want to be caught up in the latest asynchronous theory, this book is excellent. It uses a very simple "wine shop" paradigm throughout the book to help the reader understand each new principle.