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Re:What happened to clockless computer chips? by chemmail on Monday February 27, 2017 @04:44AM (#13743051)
Nearly all chips have frequency scaling nowadays, so it is close to async tech. Intel got the turbo and XFR from AMD steps it up even more. You can only do so much with general purpose processors. After that point you just gotta go ASICS.
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Re:What happened to clockless computer chips? by static_noise on Monday February 27, 2017 @05:08AM (#13743145)
Variable clock frequency is something very different from being clockless.

Clockless architecture is also not about the general processor design.

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