Reconfigurable Application-Specific Computing User's Guide

Document Number: 007-4718-007

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Record of Revision

Revision 001September 2004 
Original publication

Revision 002November 2004 
Updated to support latest version of RASC software.

Revision 003July 2005 
Updated to support a new version of the RASC-brick with increased SRAM memory and the RASC 1.0 software release.

Revision 004March 2006 
Updated to support the blade version of SGI RASC Technology.

Revision 005January 2007  
Updated to support the RASC 2.1 software release.

Revision 006March 2007 
Updated with additional information in support of the RASC 2.1 software release.

Revision 007January 2008 
Updated with additional information in support of the RASC 2.20 software release.

Revision