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Two Buffer/1-Pass Alternating Schemes

Replace buffered tracks (50% of total tracks) with...

  1. alternating scheme 1
    • alternate 2 wire types
      • buffered: buf or bufm
      • unbuffered: pass-T
    • can generalize to more than 2 types

  2. alternating scheme 2
    • alternate 2 types of wire endpoints
      • buffered
      • unbuffered
    • alternate at midpoints too
      (internal wire switch points)

Both schemes require an even number of tracks.

More details in paper.