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Design and simulation of the distributed loop computer network (DLCN)

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Cecil C. Reames,

Ming T. LiuAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News, Volume 4, Issue 4

Pages 124 - 129

https://doi.org/10.1145/633617.803568

Published: 17 January 1976 Publication History

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The primary goals of this paper are two-fold: 1) to present the design and hardware implementation of the interface transmitter for the Distributed Loop Computer Network (DLCN), using a novel shift-register insertion message transmission mechanism, and 2) to discuss simulation results comparing DLCN with Pierce and Newhall loops, which verify earlier claims as to DLCN's superior performance.

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ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News Volume 4, Issue 4

January 1976

210 pages

ISSN:0163-5964

DOI:10.1145/633617

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ISCA '76: Proceedings of the 3rd annual symposium on Computer architecture
January 1976
215 pages
ISBN:9781450374132
DOI:10.1145/800110
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