Lasing at the edge of the reflection band or at a defect state within the reflection band of a thin one-dimensional feedback structure is used to create a large-area, thin-film laser source with transverse dimensions that can be much greater than the film thickness. Angular confinement o
A method for an allocation of stacked registers for Intel's Itanium.RTM. processor includes a three step process. Step I determines an intra-procedural stacked register usage by a program having a plurality of procedures. In step II, the disclosed method performs an inter-procedural
