I know you’ve heard of both synchronous and asynchronous communications. But do you really know the differences between the two? Serial communication was used long before computers existed.

Synchronous processors which consume more than 40 % of ... and the acknowledge signal is from receiver to the sender. Figure-1: Basic Asynchronous Communication Protocols In 2-phase protocol initially ...

This paper presents challenges with the synchronous ... self-timed circuits. ASYNCHRONOUS DESIGN Much of today’s logic design is based on two major assumptions: All signals are binary Time is discrete ...