Vojin G. Oklobdzija & Vladimir M. Stojanovic 
Digital System Clocking 
High-Performance and Low-Power Aspects

Provides the only up-to-date source on the most recent advances in
this often complex and fascinating topic.

* The only book to be entirely devoted to clocking

* Clocking has become one of the most important topics in the
field of digital system design

* A ‘must have’ book for advanced circuit engineers

Table of Content

Preface xiii

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Chapter 2 Theory of Clocked Storage Elements 27

Chapter 3 Timing and Energy Parameters 47

Chapter 4 Pipelining and Timing Analysis 63

Chapter 5 High-Performance System Issues 83

Chapter 6 Low-Energy System Issues 105

Chapter 7 Simulation Techniques 125

Chapter 8 State-of-the-Art Clocked Storage Elements in CMOS Technology 155

Chapter 9 Microprocesor Examples 189

References 233

Index 241

About the author

VOJIN G. OKLOBDZIJA received his Ph D from the University of
California, Los Angeles. He has been a consultant for major
computer and electronics companies in the fields of
high-performance systems, low-power design, and fast data-path
implementations with the emphasis on multi-media applications and
has published extensively on the subjects of system design and
computer engineering. Dr. Oklobdzija has worked at the IBM T.J.
Watson Research Center where he did pioneering work on RISC
architecture and machine development starting with the IBM 801.
Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where
he directs the Advanced Computer Systems Engineering Laboratory
(ACSEL).

VLADIMIR M. STOJANOVIC is currently pursuing his Ph D degree as a
member of the VLSI research group, Electrical Engineering
Department, Stanford University. He obtained MSEE degree from
Stanford University and Dipl Ing diploma from Faculty of Electrical
Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia. He was a research
scholar at ACSEL.

DEJAN M. MARKOVIC received an Dipl Ing degree in Electrical
Engineering from the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1998
and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of
California at Berkeley in 2000, where he is currently working
toward a Ph D. Mr. Markovic received the 2000-2001 Cal VIEW Fellow
Award for excellence in teaching and mentoring of industry
engineers through the UC Berkeley distant learning program. He is a
current member of the UC Berkeley Hitachi Fellow Team, conducting
market research on Hitachi?s Mu-Chip RFID technology.

NIKOLA NEDOVIC is currently pursuing his Ph D in the Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of
California, Davis. He was a research scholar at ACSEL, and has been
published in seven papers.