Abstract:
A clock-edge architecture (CEA), consisting of an adaptive clock duty-cycle controller (DCC), dual-edge-triggered (DET) flip-flops (FFs), and DET clock-gating circuits (CGCs), enables a processor to achieve the same performance as a conventional (CNV) design while operating at half the clock frequency (F ${}_{\mathrm {CLK}}$ ), thereby significantly reducing the clock power. …