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Clockless Computing

Posted by michael on from the beat-of-a-different-drummer dept.

ender81b writes "Scientific American is carrying a nice article on asynchronous chips. In general, the article advocates that eventually all computer systems will have to move to an asynchronous design. The article focuses on Sun's efforts but gives a nice overview of the general concept of asynchronous chip design." We had another story about this last year.

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  1. HOW???? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    But how will we be able to tell time with our computers! Dear god no!

  2. 1 Million reward by nick-less · · Score: 5, Funny

    for the first guy who overclock's it ;-)

    1. Re:1 Million reward by sketchkid · · Score: 5, Funny

      larry ellison? is that you? :)

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    2. Re:1 Million reward by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 5, Funny

      Intel marketing wouldn't like clockless chips as it would cause them massive headaches in the Mhz FUD. For once real world performance comparisons would have to matter.

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  3. Yeah and... by xbrownx · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...maybe some day we'll actually get 64 bit processors for home use

  4. clockless computing? by gyratedotorg · · Score: 4, Funny

    they can't take away the clock. how will i know what time it is?

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    1. Re:clockless computing? by Citizen+of+Earth · · Score: 4, Funny

      they can't take away the clock. how will i know what time it is?

      Why is it that a $5 watch can keep perfect time but a $10,000 computer cannot?

  5. Thisisahorribleidea... by zulux · · Score: 5, Funny

    withoutaclocksignal,howcanyoutellwhenoneinstructio nstopsandanotherbegins?

    (kidding)

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  6. Re:Return of the 68000? by isorox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wasn't the 68000 asynchronous?

    No, it was so slow it just seemed that way.

  7. Re:The Amiga Zorro Bus was Asyncronous by Joel+Ironstone · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought the clock on the zorro was just masked.

  8. Re:Intel will be pissed by isorox · · Score: 5, Funny
    1. ClocklessCPU
    2. ClocklessCPU 2
    3. Super ClocklessCPU 2
    4. Super ClocklessCPU Turbo
    5. Super ClocklessCPU Turbo 2
    6. Super ClocklessCPU Turbo !!!
    7. Super Duper ClocklessCPU Turbo MAX
    8. Super Duper ClocklessCPU Turbo MAX 2
    9. etc. etc.
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  9. Armada by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hopefully Sun's "ships" and "flotillas" won't go the way of the Spanish Armada;-) Will this be the new way to measure? "Sure this one has 10k ships, but they're only frigates. Even though this one only has 5k ships, they're all ships of the line."

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  10. Re:Heard about this stuff in class by cpeterso · · Score: 2, Funny

    should I be looking into doing research with asynchronous logic design or software-defined radio (see recent H2K2 slashdot article)? Decisions, decisions...

    You should consider researching software-defined asynchronous radio logic.

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