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`POWEROF ATTORNEYTO ONE OR
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`Venkat Konda
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`6278 Grand Oak Way
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`Specification
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`New Applications Under 35 U.S.C. 111
`If a new application is being filed and the application includes the necessary componentsfora filing date (see 37 CFR
`1.53(b)-(d) and MPEP 506), a Filing Receipt (37 CFR 1.54) will be issued in due course and the date shownon this
`Acknowledgement Receiptwill establish the filing date of the application.
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`National Stage of an International Application under 35 U.S.C. 371
`If a timely submission to enter the national stage of an international application is compliant with the conditions of 35
`U.S.C. 371 and other applicable requirements a Form PCT/DO/EO/903indicating acceptance of the application as a
`national stage submission under 35 U.S.C. 371 will be issued in addition to the Filing Receipt, in due course.
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`This AcknowledgementReceipt evidences receipt on the noted date by the USPTOof the indicated documents,
`characterized by the applicant, and including page counts, where applicable.It serves as evidence of receipt similar to a
`Post Card, as described in MPEP 503.
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`the application.
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`New International Application Filed with the USPTO as a Receiving Office
`If a new international application is being filed and the international application includes the necessary componentsfor
`an international filing date (see PCT Article 11 and MPEP 1810), a Notification of the International Application Number
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`M-0051 US
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`FAST SCHEDULING AND OPTMIZATION OF MULTI-STAGE
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`HIERARCHICAL NETWORKS
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`Venkat Konda
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`CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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`This application is Continuation In Part Application to and claimspriority of the
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`PCT Application Serial No. PCT/US12/53814 entitled "OPTIMIZATION OF MULTI-
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`STAGE HIERARCHICAL NETWORKSFOR PRACTICAL ROUTING
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`APPLICATIONS”by Venkat Kondaassigned to the same assignee as the current
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`application, filed September 6, 2012 and the U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial
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`No. 61/531,615 entitled "OPTIMIZATION OF MULTI-STAGE HIERARCHICAL
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`NETWORKSFOR PRACTICAL ROUTING APPLICATIONS"by Venkat Konda
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`assigned to the same assignee as the current application, filed September 7, 2011.
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`This application is related to and incorporates by referencein its entirety the US
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`Application Serial No. 12/530,207 entitled "FULLY CONNECTED GENERALIZED
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`MULTI-STAGE NETWORKS"by Venkat Kondaassigned to the same assignee as the
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`current application, filed September 6, 2009, the U.S. Provisional Patent Application
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`Serial No. 60/905,526 entitled "LARGE SCALE CROSSPOINT REDUCTION WITH
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`NONBLOCKING UNICAST & MULTICAST IN ARBITRARILY LARGE MULTI-
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`STAGE NETWORKS"by Venkat Konda assigned to the same assignee as the current
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`application, filed March 6, 2007, and the U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No.
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`60/940, 383 entitled "FULLY CONNECTED GENERALIZED MULTI-STAGE
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`NETWORKS"by Venkat Konda assigned to the same assignee as the current application,
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`filed May 25, 2007.
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`This application is related to and incorporates by referencein its entirety the US
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`Application Serial No. 12/601,273 entitled "FULLY CONNECTED GENERALIZED
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`BUTTERFLY FAT TREE NETWORKS"by Venkat Konda assigned to the same
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`assignee as the current application, filed November 22, 2009, the U.S. Provisional Patent
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`Application Serial No. 60/940, 387 entitled "FULLY CONNECTED GENERALIZED
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`BUTTERFLY FAT TREE NETWORKS"by Venkat Kondaassigned to the same
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`assignee as the current application, filed May 25, 2007, and the U.S. Provisional Patent
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`Application Serial No. 60/940, 390 entitled "FULLY CONNECTED GENERALIZED
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`MULTI-LINK BUTTERFLY FAT TREE NETWORKS"by Venkat Kondaassigned to
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`the same assignee as the current application, filed May 25, 2007
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`This application is related to and incorporates by reference in its entirety the US
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`Application Serial No. 12/601,274 entitled "FULLY CONNECTED GENERALIZED
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`MULTI-LINK MULTI-STAGE NETWORKS"by Venkat Kondaassigned to the same
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`assignee as the current application, filed November 22, 2009, the U.S. Provisional Patent
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`Application Serial No. 60/940, 389 entitled "FULLY CONNECTED GENERALIZED
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`REARRANGEABLY NONBLOCKING MULTI-LINK MULTI-STAGE NETWORKS"
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`by Venkat Konda assigned to the sameassignee as the current application, filed May 25,
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`2007, the U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/940, 391 entitled "FULLY
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`CONNECTED GENERALIZED FOLDED MULTI-STAGE NETWORKS"by Venkat
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`Kondaassigned to the same assignee as the current application, filed May 25, 2007 and
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`the U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/940, 392 entitled "FULLY
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`CONNECTED GENERALIZED STRICTLY NONBLOCKING MULTI-LINK MULTI-
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`STAGE NETWORKS" by Venkat Konda assigned to the same assignee as the current
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`application, filed May 25, 2007.
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`This application is related to and incorporates by reference in its entirety the US
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`Application Serial No. 12/601,275 entitled "VLSI LAYOUTS OF FULLY
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`CONNECTED GENERALIZED NETWORKS"by Venkat Konda assigned to the same
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`assignee as the current application, filed November 22, 2009, and the U.S. Provisional
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`Patent Application Serial No. 60/940, 394 entitled "VLSI LAYOUTS OF FULLY
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`CONNECTED GENERALIZED NETWORKS"by Venkat Konda assigned to the same
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`assignee as the current application, filed May 25, 2007.
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`This application is related to and incorporates by reference in its entirety the PCT
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`Application Serial No. PCT/US10/52984 entitled "VLSI LAYOUTS OF FULLY
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`CONNECTED GENERALIZED AND PYRAMID NETWORKSWITH LOCALITY
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`EXPLOITATION"by Venkat Kondaassigned to the same assignee as the current
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`application, filed October 16, 2010, the U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No.
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`61/252, 603 entitled "VLSI LAYOUTS OF FULLY CONNECTED NETWORKS
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`WITH LOCALITY EXPLOITATION"by Venkat Konda assigned to the same assignee
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`as the current application, filed October 16, 2009, and the U.S. Provisional Patent
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`Application Serial No. 61/252, 609 entitled "VLSI LAYOUTS OF FULLY
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`CONNECTED GENERALIZED AND PYRAMID NETWORKS"by Venkat Konda
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`assigned to the same assignee as the current application, filed October 16, 2009.
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`BACKGROUNDOF INVENTION
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`Multi-stage interconnection networks such as Benes networks and butterfly fat
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`tree networks are widely useful in telecommunications, parallel and distributed
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`computing. However VLSIlayouts, knownin the priorart, of these interconnection
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`networks in an integrated circuit are inefficient and complicated.
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`Other multi-stage interconnection networks including butterfly fat tree networks,
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`Banyan networks, Batcher-Banyan networks, Baseline networks, Delta networks, Omega
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`networks and Flip networks have been widely studied particularly for self-routing packet
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`switch