METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASYNCHRONOUS PROCESSOR BASED ON CLOCK DELAY ADJUSTMENT

A clock-less asynchronous processing circuit or system utilizes a self-clocked generator to adjust the processing delay (latency) needed/allowed to the processing cycle in the circuit/system. The timing of the self-clocked generator is dynamically adjustable depending on various parameters. These parameters may include processing instruction, opcode information, type of processing to be performed by the circuit/system, or overall desired processing performance. The latency may also be adjusted to change processing performance, including power consumption, speed etc.