In December 1991, Ad Peeters and Tom Verhoeff started an electronic bibliography on asynchronous circuits. The first version contained 184 items and was published in the proceedings of the workshop Design and Implementation of Asynchronous Circuits, which was held in Amsterdam, November 1991 (reference 'Korst92' in async.bib). The idea to set up this database emerged during this workshop. The BiBTeX format was chosen for the database, mainly because of the wide-spread use of LaTeX, the corresponding document preparation system. The bibliography currently (May 05, 2004) contains 1757 items.

The 'Asynchronous' Bibliography is clickable from this page in various formats. All communication concerning this bibliography can be sent to the email address shown below. Suggestions for additions to the list and other improvements are most welcome.

Bibliography

	async.bib	The BiBTeX file itself (ASCII)
	async.html	An HTML version of async.bib, including links to PDF/HTML/PS files when known
	async.pdf	A PDF version of async.bib
	async.ps	A PostScript version of async.bib
	async-bib@win.tue.nl	The corresponding email address

Searching

The bibliography is also accessible and searchable from Alf-Christian Achilles' database of public accessible bibliographies. You are encouraged to try Alf's search engine.

Statistics

For those interested in statistics, we also keep track of the ups and downs of 'asynchronous' publications in the open literature. This is done in the form of 'Year of publication' versus 'Number of references', and three formats are available.

• HTML
• PDF
• PostScript

• Nanocomputer skips clock, Eric Smalley, Technology Research News, April 2003, Technology Review News.
• Philips gambit: Self-timing's time is here, Junko Yoshida, March 31, 2003, EE Times.
• Clockless chips' time may be near, Mike Zeile, Fulcrum Microsystems, March 27, 2003, EE Times.
• Asynchronous design demonstrated at 130 nm, Ron Wilson, March 6, 2003, EE Times.
• Async chip design eases process shift, Uri Cummings, Fulcrum Microsystems, January 13, 2003, EE Times.
• Keynoter sees asynchronous future for digital designs, Richard Goering, December 4, 2002, EE Times.
• Asynchronous Logic Use -- Provisional, Cautious, and Limited, Berhard Cole, September 13, 2002, iAppliance Web.
• Clocking Out, Technologic Partners, September 2, 2002, Computer Letter. [PDF]
• Will Self-timed Asynchronous Logic Rescue CPU Design?, Berhard Cole, August 24, 2002, iAppliance Web.
• Faster Chips That March to Their Own Improvised Beat, Anne Eisenberg, August 22, 2002. New York Times. [PDF]
• Fulcrum IC heats asynchronous design debate, Ron Wilson, August 20, 2002, EE Times.
• Computers without Clocks, Ivan E. Sutherland and Jo Ebergen, July 15, 2002, Scientific American. [WebLog]
• Iconoclast designers choose MIPS, Anthony Cataldo, May 28, 2002, EE Times.
• Freeing Computers From The Constraints Of Time, April 19, 2002, Space Daily.
• Computer Chips Without Clocks, October 31, 2001, Transcentric.
• University spinouts revive clockless processors, Peter Clarke, October 26, 2001, EE Times.
• It's Time for Clockless Chips , Claire Tristram, October, 2001, Technology Review. [HTML]
• Designers Look To Take Computer Chips Off The Clock, Tim McDonald, September 18, 2001, Newsfactor Network.
• Old Tricks for New Chips, April 19, 2001, The Economist. [HTML, PDF]
• Scrap system clock, Sun exec tells Async, R. Colin Johnson, March 19, 2001, EE Times. [PDF]
• Computing Pioneer Challenges the Clock, John Markoff, March 5, 2001. New York Times. [HTML, PDF]
• Lab Rat: Going clockless, Phil Harvey, June 15, 2000, Red Herring. [PDF]
• Kicking out the Clock, Steve Furber, May 9, 2000, EEDesign.com.
• Motorola taps data-driven logic from Theseus for SoC design, David Lammers, October 22, 1999, EE Times.

The International Symposium on Advanced Research in Asynchronous Circuits and Systems series:

• ADM93 [ async.bib ] (Asynchronous Design Methodologies) - Manchester, England, UK
• Async94 [ async.bib ] - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
• ADM95 [ async.bib | Proceedings | ToC in pdf ] (Asynchronous Design Methodologies) - London, England, UK
• Async96 [ async.bib | Proceedings | ToC in pdf ] - Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan
• Async97 [ async.bib | Proceedings | ToC in pdf ] - Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• Async98 [ async.bib | Proceedings ] - San Diego, California, USA
• Async99 [ async.bib | Proceedings ] - Barcelona, Spain
• Async2000 [ async.bib | Proceedings | Slides ] - Eilat, Israel
• Async2001 [ async.bib | Proceedings | ToC in pdf ] - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
• Async2002 [ async.bib | Proceedings | ToC in pdf | Slides ] - Manchester, UK
• Async2003 [ async.bib | Proceedings | ToC in pdf | Slides ] - Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Async2004 - Hersonissos, Crete, Greece

The asynchronous 80c51 reported in Gageldonk98 and Gageldonk98a (referring to 'async.bib') has been industrialized in various forms in families of pager baseband, telephony, and smartcard ICs.

• Pager Baseband Controller PCA5007 [PDF datasheet] [Semiconductors catalog]
• Pager Baseband Controller PCA5010 [PDF datasheet] [Semiconductors catalog]
• Telephony Controller P83CL882 [PDF datasheet] [Semiconductors catalog]
• Telephony Controller P87CL888 [PDF datasheet]
• Smartcard IC families MifareProX and SmartMX

• Philips Myna Flex Pager based on PC5007
• Philips Fiori 1F1 Flex Pager based on PC5010

• Sharp's press release, DDMP home page, and FAQ
• DDMP applied in Videonics high-speed video DSP technology
• Other press about this Videonics using DDMP
• Cadence selected to socketize DDMP

Additional pointers to other commercial asynchronous ICs are most welcome!

Asynchronous Logic Home Page

For an up-to-date collection of links related to asynchronous circuits and their design we refer to The Asynchronous Logic Home Page maintained at Manchester University.

Asynchronous Circuit Design Working Group

South Bank University (London, UK) maintains the ACiD-WG home page. ACiD is an ESPRIT working group on Asynchronous Circuit Design.