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  The group was started in 1998 by Rajit Manohar, who was one of the designers of the MiniMIPS asynchronous processor.
MiniMIPS (design: 1995-1998; chips 1/1999)

A high-performance asynchronous MIPS processor.



The following are some of the chips designed and fabricated by the AVLSI group.

Asynchronous FPGA (design 2003-2004; chips 6/2004)

A pipeline-level programmable dataflow asynchronous FPGA (AFPGA).
Highlight: The fastest CMOS FPGA. The first complete tool-chain for asynchronous FPGAs.

SNAP microprocessor (design 2001-2005; chips 6/2005)

A dual-use asynchronous microprocessor: (i) An ultra low power processor for sensor network applications; (ii) A high-performance wireless network simulator.
Highlight: The first microprocessor for sensor networks.

3D AFPGA (design 4/2005; chips 6/2006)

3D asynchronous FPGA with three tiers in Lincoln Labs' 3D process.

3D characterization (design 10/2006; chips 9/2007)

Characterization of thermals in Lincoln Labs' 3D process.




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