Re: pipeline

Basic synchornous automaton (fixed width font):

(Inputs)->Clocked Latch->Lookup->Clocked Latch-+->(Outputs)
                           ^                   |
                           +----feedback-------+

When several of these units are cascaded you have a basic pipeline. The
state each unit is in is independent of the state of the unit preceding it
in the pipeline. Therefore the pipeline can be arranged such that each
chunk of it runs the equivalent of one operation, and then you can run
with 1 operation/clock cycle despite the pipeline being much longer
(which it usually is due to complexity required to process whatever it is
youre doing).

Peter

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