Asynchronous Circuit Design

this book is very interesting for researchers , post-graduate students and for those who make their step in the Asynchronous world.The book has much to do with theory.. I agree, but this is very important to have a solid ground.a better introduction would have made the book much better. the auther had to introduce his style and methodology of designing Asynchronous ciucuits. Channel --> handschaking --> ??chapters are some how not leading to each other.first chapter gives a fast introduction to the book. it could be better if it didn't include all those different cases of Asynchronous circuits and concepts.chapter two speaks about communication channels. it is nice chapter but the auther had to mention that the VHDL codes are only for simulation and not for Synthesis. I mean every VHDL designer knows this, but it is still missing for book perfection. the explination of the packages is not enough.chapter three, discusses communication protocols and handschaking, it is fine.chapter four discusses Graphical representation, I am not satisfied with this chapter and i recommend other books which deal with petri-nets, BFSM or BXM.chapter five discusses briefly huffman circuits. it is like a gathering of different theories. I found difficulties in following the outline of this chapter. it could be much better if a clear outline were provided. I found that reading the whole book of Unger was much informative and helpful than reading this chapter.the rest chapters are fine.in general the book is nice guide to the theory of Asynchronous design.

This book is good to start the asynchronous circuit and to verify linear time temporal logic(LTL).This book show the circuit by the VHDL.The title should be "Asynchronous Circuit Design Concept, Description with VHDL and Verification with LTL."

I'm actually pretty disappointed in the book. I was hoping for asynchronous circuits. A better title for the book would be "Asynchronous Circuit Theory". The book is more of an Ivory Tower book that describes theory, with not as much practical information as would be hoped. The VHDL examples in the back are so completely removed from what could ever be synthesized, that they're useless from an HDL standpoint. It would even be helpful if he gave us an idea of what simulator could actually simulate his VHDL, because none of mine could. And without any comments or descriptions of the code, I couldn't even figure out what he was trying to do to make it work.However. If you want to be caught up in the latest asynchronous theory, this book is excellent. It uses a very simple "wine shop" paradigm throughout the book to help the reader understand each new principle.