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by FunnyBadger 1492 days ago
You may want to look up asynchronous logic - it's more complicated that you realize. In fact, you'll quickly understand why 99% of all digital designs use synchronous logic design instead - it has a far smaller gate count to accomplish the same function.

There are legitimate places where asynchronous logic can be very useful: specifically when you are interacting with the "real world" which is not synchronous. But once you get beyond that, going back to synchronous design is usually best.

http://www2.imm.dtu.dk/pubdb/edoc/imm855.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/245530456_Asynchron...

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331181568_Asynchron...