TTL homebrew CPUs

Jos Dreesen / Marian Capel jos.mar at bluewin.ch
Tue Jul 10 12:53:09 CDT 2007


der Mouse wrote:
>> I think the problem is computer design rather than the chip design --
> > 
> I'd actually like to see a clockless machine, one where the whole
> machine is one big asynchronous oscillator, with nothing ever stalling
> waiting for a clock pulse.

You don't have to wait : you can get clockless 32-bit ARM's today.

They are slower,  not faster, but are extremely low power.
They are slower because each datatransfer needs handshaking
CAD tools to assist in this kind of design do exists.

			Jos




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