No sequential circuitry in CPU?

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No sequential circuitry in CPU?

jsel
Are clocked chips in the CPU avoided because of simplicity? Since the memory is the only clocked chips, this must mean that the clock speed is completely determined by the latency of the memory access, correct?
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Re: No sequential circuitry in CPU?

jsel
What I mean to say is that the clock frequency must be set to at least the latency of the memory access, otherwise the memory will commit garbage values.  
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Re: No sequential circuitry in CPU?

cadet1620
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The PC is a clocked chip in the CPU.

As far as propagation delay effects, there are lots of problems with them that are ignored (and rightly so) in TECS.  Is your Mux.hdl hazard free?

--Mark