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When the SKA was proposed, a major technical obstacle to its feasibility was the cost of the correlator. Significant advances made in correlator design since then are described. These advances have made SKA correlator possible within reasonable cost constrains. At the same time performance issues with the proposed FX architecture have been addressed.

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Bunton, J.D. Ska Correlator Advances. Exp Astron 17, 251–259 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-005-5661-5

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