Can we build a truly high performance computer which is flexible and transparent?

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Rojas, Jhonathan P ^a   Sevilla, Galo A Torres ^a   Hussain, Muhammad M ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84905717866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02609     Document Type: Article

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