PCA-1: A fully asynchronous, self-reconfigurable LSI

Ryusuke Konishi; Hideyuki Ito; Hiroshi Nakada; Akira Nagoya; Kiyoshi Oguri; Norbert Imlig; Tsunemichi Shiozawa; Minoru Inamori; Kouichi Nagami

doi:10.1109/ASYNC.2001.914069

PCA-1: A fully asynchronous, self-reconfigurable LSI

Ryusuke Konishi, Hideyuki Ito, Hiroshi Nakada, Akira Nagoya, Kiyoshi Oguri, Norbert Imlig, Tsunemichi Shiozawa, Minoru Inamori, Kouichi Nagami

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This paper describes the asynchronous device features of PCA-1, which is the first VLSI to realize the Plastic Cell Architecture (PCA). PCA is an autonomously reconfigurable hardware architecture consisting of a programmable logic layer and a network of built-in facilities. To realize run-time generation and the deletion of circuit objects with variable grain, the circuits on the logic layer are programmed as self-timed circuits using Look-Up Tables (LUTs). The built-in facilities of PCA-1 are also designed as self-timed circuits to enhance scalability and to minimize power consumption. LSI chips are successfully fabricated, and experimental results are mentioned.

Original language	English
Article number	914069
Pages (from-to)	54-61
Number of pages	8
Journal	Proceedings - International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ASYNC.2001.914069
Publication status	Published - Dec 1 2001
Externally published	Yes
Event	7th International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems, ASYNC 2001 - Salt Lake City, UT, United States Duration: Mar 11 2010 → Mar 14 2010

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