Keynotes
Industrializing an asynchronous technology: Tiempo from 2007 to 2025
by Marc Renaudin (Qualcomm Technologies Inc.)

Keynote 2 by Federico Corradi (Technical University of Eindhoven)
Program
3. June
Wednesday 3rd
| Time |
Event |
| 08:00 |
Registration & breakfast snacks |
| 09:00 |
Welcome |
| 09:15 |
Session: Asynchronous circuit Synthesis (1h30)
- Taking Timing Out of the Equation: Moving Fully Automated Synthesis as close as possible to Delay-Insensitive Circuits
Authors: Karthi Srinivasan, Ole Richter, Jordan Schmerge and Rajit Manohar
- Generalized Binary Comparator Networks for QDI Combinational Logic Synthesis
Authors: Florian Huemer and Dylan Baumann
- Improved Logic Synthesis for Asynchronous Circuits
Authors: Karthi Srinivasan and Rajit Manohar
|
| 10:45 |
Break (coffee & snacks) |
| 11:10 |
Keynote Industrializing an asynchronous technology: Tiempo from 2007 to 2025 by Marc Renaudin |
| 12:10 |
Lunch in the Faculty Club |
| 13:10 |
Session: Test of the asynchronous circuits (1h50)
- A-ATPG: A Graph-based Automatic Test Pattern Generation Method for the DfT Architecture of Asynchronous Bundled-data Circuits
Authors: Xuanyu Zhang, Jilin Zhang, Marly Roncken and Hong Chen
- A Test Architecture for Bundled-Data Asynchronous NoC Switches Using Commercial ATPG Tools
Authors: Iordana Gaisidou, Giuseppe Chessa, Giannoulas Ioannis, Artur Jutman, Davide Bertozzi and Christos Sotiriou
- Jumper: A State Capturing Element For Testability in Asynchronous Bundled-Data Circuits
Authors: Ismael de Almeida Junior, Azzadine THAJTE, Cristiano Merio, Xavier Lesage, Adrien Godard, Ali Naimi, Sylvain Engels and Laurent Fesquet
- Automated FPGA-Based Wafer Testing of Asynchronous FlexICs
Authors: Marcos Luiggi Lemos Sartori, Yushu Qin, Shengyu Duan, Yujin Zheng, Rishad Shafik and Alex Yakovlev
|
| 15:00 |
Break (coffee & snacks) |
| 15:30 |
Demo Session (1h)
- ACTGen: Natural Language Assistant for Asynchronous Circuit Design
Authors: Siva Nalabothu and Rajit Manohar
- ALPS: An Open-Source Low-Power Bundled-Data Design Flow using Standard EDA Tools
Authors: Cristiano Merio, Adrien Godard, Gaël Ousset, Xavier Lesage, Jéssica Gonsalves Santos, Ismael de Almeida Junior, Ali Naimi, Azzadine Thajte, Ayoub Talbi, Thierry Grollier, Marc Quast, Sylvain Engels and Laurent Fesquet
|
| 16:30 |
Head to Copenhagen Center & short optional city walk |
| 19:00 |
Conference Dinner |
Thursday 4th
| Time |
Event |
| 08:00 |
Breakfast snacks & coffee |
| 09:00 |
Fresh idea session (1h20)
- Easy Timers for AFSM-based Controllers in Workcraft
Authors: Victor Khomenko and Danil Sokolov
- Applications of asynchronous logic in power management and protection ICs
Authors: David Cox and Filip Hormot
- Templated and open asynchronous periphery for mixed-signal neuromorphic chips
Authors: Hugh Gratorex, Madison Cotterert, Michele Mastella, Arianna Rubino, Ole Richter and Elisabetta Chicca
- Explicit Timestamp Propagation for Temporal Processing
Authors: Xavier Lesage, Cristiano Merio, Azzadine THAJTE, Luca Sauer de Araujo, Fernando Welzel, Sylvain Engels and Laurent Fesquet
|
| 10:20 |
Break (coffee & snacks) |
| 10:40 |
Session: Asynchronous circuit applications and models (1h30)
- An Energy-Proportional, High-Speed Serial Link
Authors: Alex Huang, Robert Soule and Rajit Manohar
- ANP-E: A 22-nm Asynchronous Spiking Recurrent Neural Network Processor Enabling On-chip Learning for Physiological Signal Monitoring
Authors: Yuan Hua, Chunqi Qian, Jilin Zhang and Hong Chen
- Amplifier Circuit-based Metastability Model
Authors: Jürgen Burin, Afsah Anjum and Andreas Steininger
|
| 12:10 |
Lunch in the Faculty Club |
| 13:10 |
Keynote 2 by Federico Corradi |
| 14:10 |
Short break |
| 14:25 |
Panel: “Open challenges for asynchronous digital integrated circuits in neuronal network hardware”
Moderator: Ole Richter |
| 15:10 |
Break |
| 15:30 |
Session: Efficient bundled-data and NEMS circuits
- Asymmetric Current-Starved Inverter Delay Lines for High-Performance Bundled-Data Circuits
Authors: Jéssica Gonsalves Santos, Cristiano Merio, Adrien Godard, Ali Naimi, Robin Wilson, Sylvain Engels and Laurent Fesquet
- Effect of Self-Timed Design Styles on the Lifetime of NEMS Circuits
Authors: Philipp Lehninger, Andreas Steininger and Axel Jantsch
- 74% Power Reduction in Bundled-Data Circuits Thanks to Clock Gating Integration
Authors: Adrien Godard, Laurent Fesquet, Sylvain Engels and Robin Wilson
|
| 16:30 |
Closing session and Best Paper Award |
| 16:50 |
Move to Copenhagen Center – visit Streetfood market Reffen (alternative program for bad weather) |
Friday 5th
| TBA |
Social event & cultural excursion |