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Title: MEDAC: A Metastability Condition Detection and Correction Technique for a Near-Threshold-Voltage Multi-Voltage-/Frequency-Domain Network-on-Chip
Award ID(s):
1919147
NSF-PAR ID:
10252599
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
ISSN:
0018-9200
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 1
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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