Re: [oc] Delay and latency ?

[Marko Mlinar <markom@opencores.org>]

On Sunday 01 June 2003 15:00, John Dalton wrote:
> In a strict English sense delay relates to time, whereas
> latency relates to relates to an outcome which
> has yet to be observed (not necessarily due to
> a delay in time).
>
> I would argue that this is reflected in typical Engineering
> usage.  Delays typically refer to asynchronous phenomena,
> while latency is typically used in relation to synchronous
> phenomena.
>
> For example, it is common to talk about the
> propagation delay of a gate.  Propagation delay
> is normally expressed in units of time.
> Latency is often expressed in terms of clock cycles,
> which are one step removed from units of time,
What about clock tree *latency* ;)

Marko


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