Sequential Logic Computing Systems

Elements of Computing Systems, Nisan & Schocken, MIT Press
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Sequential Logic
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Elements of Computing Systems, Nisan & Schocken, MIT Press, www.idc.ac.il/tecs , Chapter 3: Sequential Logic
slide 1
Sequential VS combinational logic

Combinational devices: operate on data only;
provide calculation services (e.g. Nand ALU)
Sequential devices: operate on data and a clock signal;
as such, contain state and can ve made to provide storage and
synchronization services
Sequential devices are sometimes called clocked devices
The low-level behavior of clocked / sequential gates is tricky
The good news:
All sequential chips can be based on one low-level sequential gate, called
data flip flop, or DFF
The complex clock-dependency details can be encapsulated at the lowlevel DFF level
All the higher-level sequential chips can be built on top of the DFF using
combinational logic only.
slide 2
Lecture plan
Clock
A hierarchy of memory chips:
Flip-flop gates
Binary cells
Registers
RAM
Counters
Perspective.
slide 3
The Clock
HW
simulator
demo
tock
tick
clock
signal
tick
cycle
tock
tock
tick
cycle
tock
tick
cycle
cycle
In our jargon, a clock cycle = tick-phase (low), followed by a

tock-phase (high)
In real hardware, the clock is implemented by an oscillator
In our hardware simulator, clock cycles can be simulated either
Manually, by the user, or
Automatically, by a test script.
slide 4
Flip-flop
HW
simulator
demo
in
DFF
out
out(t) = in(t-1)
A fundamental state-keeping device

For now, let us not worry about the DFF implementation
Memory devices are made from numerous flip-flops, all
regulated by the same master clock signal
Notational convention:
in
sequential
chip
out
in
sequential
chip
out
(notation)
clock
signal
slide 5
1-bit register (we call it Bit)

load
Objective: build a storage unit that can:

(a) Change its state to a given input
in
Bit
out
(b) Maintain its state over time (until changed)

if load(t-1) then out(t)=in(t-1)
else out(t)=out(t-1)
in
DFF
out
out(t) = in(t-1)
in
DFF
out
load
Basic building block
in
MUX
out
DFF
out(t) = out(t-1) ?
out(t) = in(t-1) ?
Wont work
OK
slide 6
Bit (cont.)
HW
simulator
demo
Interface
Implementation
load
load
Bit
out
in
MUX
in
DFF
out

Load bit
Read logic
Write logic
slide 7
Multi-bit registers
HW
simulator
demo
load
load
in
out
Bit

1-bit register
in
Bit Bit
...
Bit
out

w-bit register
Registers width: a trivial parameter

Read logic
Write logic
slide 8
Aside: Hardware Simulation
HW
simulator
demo
Relevant topics from the HW simulator tutorial:

Clocked chips: When a clocked chip is loaded into the simulator, the
clock icon is turned on, and the user can use it to control the clock
Built-in chips:
feature a standard HDL interface yet a Java implementation
Provide behavioral simulation services
May have GUI effects.
slide 9
Random Access Memory (RAM)
HW
simulator
demo
load
register 0
register 1
register 2
in
(word)
..
.
register n-1
out
(word)
RAM n
address
Direct Access Logic
(0 to n-1)
Read logic
Write logic.
slide 10
RAM interface
load
in
out
16 bits
RAMn
address
16 bits
log 2 n
bits
slide 11
RAM anatomy
RAM 64
RAM8
..
.
RAM 8
register
..
.
Register
Bit Bit
...
RAM8
register
Bit
register
...
Recursive ascent
slide 12
Counter
Needed: a storage device that can:
(a) set its state to some base value
(b) increment the state in every clock cycle
(c) maintain its state (stop incrementing) over clock cycles
(d) reset its state
inc
in
load reset
out
PC (counter)
w bits
w bits
If reset(t-1) then out(t)=0

else if load(t-1) then out(t)=in(t-1)
else if inc(t-1) then out(t)=out(t-1)+1
Typical function: program counter

Implementation: register chip + some combinational logic.
slide 13
Recap: Sequential VS combinational logic

Combinational chip
in
comb.
logic
out
out = some function of (in)
Sequential chip
in
(optional)
time delay
(optional)
comb.
logic
DFF
gate(s)
comb.
logic
out
out(t) = some function of (in(t-1), out(t-1))
slide 14
Time matters
tock
clock
signal
tick
tock
tock
tick
cycle
tick
cycle
tock
tick
cycle
cycle
During a tick-tock cycle, the internal states of all the clocked chips are allowed
to change, but their outputs are latched
At the beginning of the next cycle, the outputs of all the clocked chips in the
architecture commit to the new values.
Implications:
a
Reg1
Challenge: propagation delays

sel
Solution: clock synchronization
out
Reg2
Cycle length and processing speed.
slide 15
Perspective
All the memory units described in this lecture are standard
Typical memory hierarchy
SRAM (static),
DRAM (dynamic),
Disk
Access
time
Cost
typically used for the cache
typically used for main memory
(Elaborate caching / paging algorithms)

A Flip-flop can be built from Nand gates
But ... real memory units are highly optimized, using a great variety of storage
technologies.
slide 16

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Elements of Computing Systems, Nisan & Schocken, MIT Press

Sequential VS combinational logic

In our jargon, a clock cycle = tick-phase (low), followed by a

Manually, by the user, or

Automatically, by a test script.

A fundamental state-keeping device

1-bit register (we call it Bit)

Objective: build a storage unit that can:

(b) Maintain its state over time (until changed)

Basic building block

if load(t-1) then out(t)=in(t-1)

if load(t-1) then out(t)=in(t-1)

if load(t-1) then out(t)=in(t-1)

Registers width: a trivial parameter

Aside: Hardware Simulation

Relevant topics from the HW simulator tutorial:

feature a standard HDL interface yet a Java implementation

Provide behavioral simulation services

May have GUI effects.

Random Access Memory (RAM)

If reset(t-1) then out(t)=0

Typical function: program counter

Recap: Sequential VS combinational logic

out = some function of (in)

out(t) = some function of (in(t-1), out(t-1))

Challenge: propagation delays

Solution: clock synchronization

Cycle length and processing speed.

typically used for the cache

typically used for main memory

(Elaborate caching / paging algorithms)

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