Reconfigurable computer origins: The UCLA fixed-plus-variable (F+V) structure computer

IEEE Annals of the History of Computing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 3-9

  Estrin, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERNET;

RECONFIGURABLE COMPUTERS;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 0036817822     PISSN: 10586180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAHC.2002.1114865     Document Type: Review

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