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Slack Matching

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Prakash, Piyush (2005) Slack Matching. Master's thesis, California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/g43p-hv51. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05272005-134017

Abstract

In this thesis we present a method for slack matching asynchronous circuits, described as a collection of handshaking expansions. We present an execution model for a restricted class of HSE. We define the number of messages that a process contains. The static slack, dynamic slack and dynamic threshold are defined. We state sufficient conditions under which the dynamic slack of a pipeline of half-buffers is the sum of that of the processes comprising the pipeline. The slack matching problem is formulated as that of ensuring that all pipelines and rings in a system can simultaneously contain a number of messages that is no less than the dynamic threshold but no greater than the dynamic slack. We describe an algorithm to formulate the slack matching problem as a mixed integer linear program.

Item Type:Thesis (Master's thesis)
Subject Keywords:asynchronous; slack elasticity
Degree Grantor:California Institute of Technology
Division:Engineering and Applied Science
Major Option:Computer Science
Thesis Availability:Public (worldwide access)
Research Advisor(s):
  • Martin, Alain J.
Thesis Committee:
  • Unknown, Unknown
Defense Date:26 May 2005
Record Number:CaltechETD:etd-05272005-134017
Persistent URL:https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05272005-134017
DOI:10.7907/g43p-hv51
Default Usage Policy:No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided.
ID Code:2151
Collection:CaltechTHESIS
Deposited By: Imported from ETD-db
Deposited On:02 Jun 2005
Last Modified:16 Apr 2021 23:24

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