Optical interconnection networks for high-performance computing systems

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Biberman, Aleksandr ^a   Bergman, Keren ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84858736383     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/75/4/046402     Document Type: Article

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