The following archives some tutorial content about asynchronous design, as well as using the ACT design automation tools.

Summer Schools. We are organizing summer schools on asynchronous design on a regular basis. The school covers an introduction to asynchronous design, the different levels of abstraction, and a design flow that goes through placement and routing. The ACT tools are typically used for design automation. The schedule, slides, and videos of the entire summer school, including demonstration sessions, are provided below.

• 2022: The first summer school on asynchronous design.
• 2024: The second summer school on asynchronous design.
• 2026: The third summer school on asynchronous design.

To get started using ACT, we have provided a number of simple examples that illustrate some of the ways it can be used to construct circuits.

• ACT by Example: a series of examples of building various types of circuits, introducing ACT constructs as we go.

• Custom flow: design flow for custom circuit design
• ASIC flow: designing an ASIC with a cell library and automated place and route.

These are some of the slides used to teach asynchronous design.

• Introduction
• Transistors as switches
• Communicating Hardware Processes
• Synchronization
• CHP Examples
• Syntax-directed translation
• Syntax-directed translation
• Process decomposition
• Handshaking expansions
• Production rule synthesis
• Bubble reshuffling for CMOS implementation
• Single variable register
• Well plugs and pads
• Non-deterministic selections
• Function blocks
• All slides, one per page