The overall data processing takes 40 handshaking
cycles. The measured internal handshaking cycle time
is smaller than the system clock period of 50 , which indicates
that the transistors are actually fabricated at the fast corner
and capable of operating at a higher speed. The shorter internal
cycle time also demonstrates that the proposed asynchronous
processor can adaptively exploit the actual process condition,
therefore automatically operating at a higher speed internally
than the fixed-rate input clock.