diff --git a/src/main/scala/uk/ac/soton/ecs/can/core/DataMemory.scala b/src/main/scala/uk/ac/soton/ecs/can/core/DataMemory.scala
index 50925df0d7b81ebe529af95315f0d73fbc5d21d5..8d726db7e810b0b5c37140cd099af4caf3adb8b2 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/uk/ac/soton/ecs/can/core/DataMemory.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/uk/ac/soton/ecs/can/core/DataMemory.scala
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ package uk.ac.soton.ecs.can.core
 
 import chisel3._
 
-class DataMemory(addrWidth: Int, dataWidth: Int, size: Int)
-    extends MultiIOModule {
+class DataMemory(
+    addrWidth: Int,
+    dataWidth: Int,
+    size: Int,
+    syncMem: Boolean = true
+) extends MultiIOModule {
   val read = IO(new Bundle {
     val addr = Input(UInt(addrWidth.W))
     val data = Output(UInt(dataWidth.W))
@@ -17,7 +21,9 @@ class DataMemory(addrWidth: Int, dataWidth: Int, size: Int)
     val data = Input(UInt(dataWidth.W))
   })
 
-  val mem = SyncReadMem(size, UInt(dataWidth.W))
+  val mem =
+    if (syncMem) SyncReadMem(size, UInt(dataWidth.W))
+    else Mem(size, UInt(dataWidth.W))
 
   read.data := mem(read.addr)
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/uk/ac/soton/ecs/can/core/ProgramMemory.scala b/src/main/scala/uk/ac/soton/ecs/can/core/ProgramMemory.scala
index c43f54cc843a03a62dc19cf8f74207c2b5f7a0e4..1575d7f5444ece5e90635752980f7dd2aff237d8 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/uk/ac/soton/ecs/can/core/ProgramMemory.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/uk/ac/soton/ecs/can/core/ProgramMemory.scala
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ package uk.ac.soton.ecs.can.core
 
 import chisel3._
 
-class ProgramMemory(addrWidth: Int, cwWidth: Int, size: Int)
-    extends MultiIOModule {
+class ProgramMemory(
+    addrWidth: Int,
+    cwWidth: Int,
+    size: Int,
+    syncMem: Boolean = true
+) extends MultiIOModule {
   val br = IO(new Bundle {
     val abs = Input(Bool())
     val rel = Input(Bool())
@@ -19,7 +23,9 @@ class ProgramMemory(addrWidth: Int, cwWidth: Int, size: Int)
     val data = Input(UInt(cwWidth.W))
   })
 
-  val mem = SyncReadMem(size, UInt(cwWidth.W))
+  val mem =
+    if (syncMem) SyncReadMem(size, UInt(cwWidth.W))
+    else Mem(size, UInt(cwWidth.W))
   val pc = RegInit(0.U(addrWidth.W))
 
   when(write.en) {
diff --git a/src/test/scala/uk/ac/soton/ecs/can/core/ProgramMemoryTest.scala b/src/test/scala/uk/ac/soton/ecs/can/core/ProgramMemoryTest.scala
index 50025d822773cd5f1266141b72f2fcf94cf75ea7..0ac5312126b0212c743b473ef70aefea71f3466b 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/uk/ac/soton/ecs/can/core/ProgramMemoryTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/uk/ac/soton/ecs/can/core/ProgramMemoryTest.scala
@@ -60,6 +60,19 @@ class ProgramMemoryTest extends FlatSpec with ChiselScalatestTester {
         c.clock.step()
       }
     }
+
+    test(new ProgramMemory(addrWidth, cwWidth, size, false)) { c =>
+      c.br.abs.poke(false.B)
+      c.br.rel.poke(false.B)
+      c.br.addr.poke(0.U(addrWidth.W))
+
+      initMemory(c)
+
+      memMap.foreach { m =>
+        c.cw.expect(m._2)
+        c.clock.step()
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   it should "do relative branching correctly" in {