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2010 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Introduction to Coupled Data Technologies
Authors : Dr. Ron Ho, Dr. Robert Drost
Published in: Coupled Data Communication Techniques for High-Performance and Low-Power Computing
Publisher: Springer US
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