A self-repairing multiplexer-based FPGA inspired by biological processes
@inproceedings{Tempesti1998ASM,
title={A self-repairing multiplexer-based FPGA inspired by biological processes},
author={Gianluca Tempesti},
year={1998}
}These Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne EPFL, n° 1827 (1998)Groupe TempestiLaboratoire de systemes logiques Reference doi:10.5075/epfl-thesis-1827Print copy in library catalog Record created on 2005-03-16, modified on 2016-08-08
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