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The Makbilan Parallel Computer

Land, 1990

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18215672620245230558
Author
Land M
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The purpose of this document is to describe the physical Makbilan machine as currently con gured and to provide an introduction to the operation of the Makbilan at the circuit board level. The Makbilan model has been described in other places and the emphasis in this …
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