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Asynchronous circuits offer several benefits over synchronous circuits, including avoiding [[clock skew]] and being (typically) less noisy.

However, asynchronous circuits are more susceptible to the [[metastability]] problem.

==Quotes==

* "Asynchronous inputs are at the root of our race problems." -- D. Winker and F. Prosser

* "Having spend untold hours debugging digital designs, I can assure you that metastable behavior is a real problem, and every digital designer had better understand it" -- Bruce Nepple 1998-12-31

==See also==

* [[synchronous circuit]]

* [[Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter]]

[[Category:Electrical circuits]]