Description:
Circuit designers sometimes need to merge multiple independent asynchronous data streams into a single data stream— but the latest asynchronous data pipeline styles cannot accomplish time-division multiplexing (TDM).
CONFLUX achieves asynchronous TDM by means of a novel arbitration circuit using level signaling instead of transitional signaling.
Asynchronous TDM is useful in any high-speed communication scenario in which there are multiple data sources all attempting to reach a single data destination.
- Multiprocessor architectures
- USB-like hubs
- Distributed Sensing Systems like automobiles and airplanes
