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designed on chip to be manufactured by the millions, an optimum design may be necessary
(hardware-wise and/or speed-wise), but with or without a minimum number of states.
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Few texts cover the subject of output race glitches (ORGs). The known sources on this
subject are the texts of Fletcher, Shaw, and Tinder, and of these the last is by far the most
comprehensive. It is equally difficult to find further reading on the subject of static hazards
in the outputs of synchronous FSMs. The reason for this is not exactly clear. Again the best
source appears to be the text by Tinder.
[1] W. I. Fletcher, An Engineering Approach to Digital Design. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs,
NJ, 1980.
[2] A. W. Shaw, Logic Circuit Design. Sanders ...