27 Oct
2017
27 Oct
'17
2:09 p.m.
On 10/27/17 2:00 PM, Phil Blundell via cctalk wrote:
On the subject of NMOS dynamic logic, someone recently
pointed out a
paragraph in the technical manual for a 1990s ARM2-based computer which
warned of dire consequences, including possibly destruction of the
chipset, if the circuitry was left powered with the clock stopped for
more than a second or two.
https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/acorn/microarchitectures/arm2
ARM2 chips were manufactured by VLSI Technology and Sanyo on a 2 ?m double-level metal
CMOS process.