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Fanout-Induced Delay
fanout => higher loads => larger delay

Measure delay with fanout...


  1. bufns: dedicated buffers
    • ideal case, delay=1
    • delay independent of fanout

  2. buf: shared buffer
    • drives triple load
    • delay doubles

  3. bufp: pass-T input
    • fanout limited to internal pass-T nodes
    • low delay increase

  4. bufm: mux input
    • fanout limited to internal mux nodes
    • very low delay increase

Normalized Delay.