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Manhattan interconnect

Manhattan interconnect definition - computer

The common layout of wire paths on a chip, which resemble the streets in New York's Manhattan Island: parallel and at right angles to each other (uptown at least; downtown Manhattan is another story!). See X Architecture.



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