Firehose architectures for free-space optically interconnected VLSI circuits

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-114

  Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V ^a   Miller, David A B ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001606630     PISSN: 07437315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jpdc.1996.1292     Document Type: Article

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