Maybe Clockless Chip Design's Time Has Come
Not that the article is particularly detailed, but squinting at the clock diagram for Wave Semi, it appears to be a some kind of token passing, where the token is the clock.<p>I guess this question is for the semi- folks out there: given any n-bit boolean function, for smallish n, is there a way to implement the function so that the output is rock-stable (within reason) and only flips if given an input flip the corresponding function flips?<p>Because, if not, I don&#x27;t see how this clock passing system won&#x27;t require factoring in logic delay.<p>I&#x27;m sure a lot of details have been elided. Also, if it isn&#x27;t apparent, I have no logic design knowledge.<p>All I know, from an outsider&#x27;s perspective, having a global clock is ludicrous. When will designers finally kill it?! Us software people have had to kill the concept of intrinsic clocks with our consensus protocols for a while now...