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RENDEZVOUS CIRCUITS can coordinate the actions of an asynchronous system, allowing data to flow in an orderly fashion without the need for a central clock. Shown here is an electronic pipeline controlled by a chain of Muller C-elements, each of which allows data to pass down the line only when the preceding stage is "full"--indicating that data are ready to move¿and the following stage is "empty."
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