Semiconductor Engineering

The Trouble With Clock Trees

Among the perennial challenges of advanced-node IC design is power reduction. Clock trees are now the single largest source of dynamic power consumption, which makes clock tree synthesis (CTS) and ...
Semiconductor Engineering

The Problem With Clocks

Clocks are power- and area- hungry, and difficult to distribute in a controlled manner. What is being done to reign in these unwieldy beasts? The synchronous digital design paradigm has enabled us to ...
Electronic Design

Introduction to Multisource Clock Tree Systems

Multisource CTS represents a new clock-distribution technology that fills the methodology gap between conventional CTS and pure clock mesh. Whereas pure clock mesh delivers the best possible clock ...
Geeky Gadgets

CD4017 Decade binary clock kit hits Kickstarter

If you are looking for an interesting project to keep you busy you may be interested in a new binary clock kit launched via Kickstarter this week in the form of the CD4017 Decade. Created by power ...