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What is the main differences between synchronous and ripple through binary counters?

April 26, 2017binary Counters differences Engineering main Mathematics Ripple Synchronous

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What is the main differences between synchronous and ripple through binary counters?

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Ripple-carry adders have more delay (are slower), but take less gates to build (are cheaper). Synchronous counters have less delay (are faster), but take more gates to build (are more expensive). If a synchronous adder has a 3 second delay, a ripple-carry adder will have a 3n second delay. If a ripple-carry adder has 5n gates, a synchronous adder will have n^2 gates.