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ARM Offers First Clockless Processor Core

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the timeless-decisions dept.

Sam Haine '95 writes "EETimes is reporting that ARM Holdings have developed an asynchronous processor based on the ARM9 core. The ARM996HS is thought to be the world's first commercial clockless processor. ARM announced they were developing the processor back in October 2004, along with an unnamed lead customer, which it appears could be Philips. The processor is especially suitable for automotive, medical and deeply embedded control applications. Although reduced power consumption, due to the lack of clock circuitry, is one benefit the clockless design also produces a low electromagnetic signature because of the diffuse nature of digital transitions within the chip. Because clockless processors consume zero dynamic power when there is no activity, they can significantly extend battery life compared with clocked equivalents."

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  1. my god, you people are stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I've just read the comments above, and I have to say: Slashdot readers are fucking stupid. What happened to this cesspool? It used to be full of intelligent people. Slashdot is dead, long live digg.

  2. Re:Soooo... by 50m31sl4sh. · · Score: -1, Troll

    Do you mean millihertz, i.e. 1 clock signal in 1000 seconds???
    I don't even know when such processors were used, maybe in stone age?

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  3. Oh, oh it's by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    the power of people asking amazingly dumb questions!

  4. Confusious Say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Man without watch is man with no clock.

  5. Re:VAX 8600 by sconeu · · Score: -1, Troll

    WTF???

    Are you clueless? The VAX-8600 wasn't a microprocessor, it was a mini-computer. And it wasn't the first. It was one of the last VAXen.

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  6. but, by Khashishi · · Score: -1, Troll

    What units will they use to measure penis size instead of MHz?