A burst-mode word-serial address-event link--III: analysis and test results

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asynchronous logic synthesis
event-driven communication
fair arbiter design
neuromorphic systems
parallel readout
pixel-level quantization
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We present results for a scalable multiple-access inter-chip link that communicates binary activity between two-dimensional arrays fabricated in deep submicrometer CMOS. Capacity scales with integration density because an entire row is read and written in parallel. Row activity is encoded in a burst: The row address followed by a column address for each active cell. We predict the distribution of burst lengths when transmission is initiated by active cells and access is arbitered using a two-level queuing model. Agreement with the experiment is excellent for loads over 50% but not for lighter loads, where our assumption that service time is exponentially distributed breaks down. We also quantify the throughput–latency tradeoff. The price of an n-fold increase in throughput is an n per Ncol timing error in a cell’s inter-event interval, where Ncol is the number of cells per row. Links implemented in 0.6, 0.4, and 0.25 micrometer are compared; the highest burst-rate achieved was 27.8 M events/s.

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2004-07-01
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Copyright 2004 IEEE. Reprinted from IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems--I: Regular Papers, Volume 51, Issue 7, July 2004, pages 1292-1300. Publisher URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isNumber=29094&puNumber=8919 This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Such permission of the IEEE does not in any way imply IEEE endorsement of any of the University of Pennsylvania's products or services. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to pubs-permissions@ieee.org. By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it.
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