This paper seeks to clarify the multi-dimensional notion of flexibility in outsourcing,
examining its four dimensions as robustness, modifiability, new capability and ease of exit …

IPv6 has been developed as an evolutionary advance of IPv4. Although IPv6 offers
considerable improvement in certain areas such as addressing and routing it has eliminated …

In this paper, a Pentium processor is represented as a queuing network. The objective of this
paper is to deduce an equivalent single-queue–single-server model for the original queuing …

Owing to the ever-decreasing feature size of today's semiconductor processes, the cost of a
mask set has already crossed the onc-million-dollar line. Given this investment, a design …

This study investigates the incorporation of modular design concepts to rejuvenate the
ceramic sector in Saudi Arabia, with a particular focus on cultural, economic, and …

Multi-processors in modern network processors (NPs) are often organized as parallel
processing elements (PEs) to achieve efficient packet forwarding for 10 Gbps high-speed …

In this paper we describe the RERAL compiler. RERAL is a Rule-based Event-driven
Routing Algorithm Language. It is intended for the configuration of a router for regular …

Network processors have emerged over the years which incorporate multiprocessing and
multithreading. These are used in the networking and routers, hence leads to a lot of …

Multiform ANP (Access Network Protocols) and fast-changing communication market require
high-performance yet flexible processing solutions. The ANPCC (Custom RISC Core for …

Cyclic Redundancy Checks (CRC) constitute an important class of hash functions for
detecting changes in data blocks after transmission, storage and retrieval, or distributed …