Limit to the bit-rate capacity of electrical interconnects from the aspect ratio of the system architecture

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 42-52

  Miller, D A B ^a   Ozaktas, H M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 0002435274     PISSN: 07437315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jpdc.1996.1285     Document Type: Article

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