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SAMOS'06: Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Embedded Computer Systems: architectures, Modeling, and Simulation

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Timo D. Hämäläinen
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Sghaier AAreibi SDony R(2010)Implementation Approaches Trade-Offs for WiMax OFDM Functions on Reconfigurable PlatformsACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems10.1145/1839480.18394823:3(1-28)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1839480.1839482
Han WYi YMuir MNousias IArslan TErdogan A(2009)Multicore architectures with dynamically reconfigurable array processors for wireless broadband technologiesIEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems10.1109/TCAD.2009.203236128:12(1830-1843)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2009
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