University spinouts revive clockless processors

Two startups, one in the United States and the other in the United Kingdom, expect to bring clockless processor-based system-on-chips to market next year or soon after.

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In a familiar tale of transatlantic technology differences, the U.S. offerings are likely to be MIPS-architecture-based and aimed at high-speed data, while the U.K. group is experienced in the design of asynchronous versions of the ARM architecture of ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England) and is looking at smart cards.