Abstract: Embodiments include an apparatus comprising an execution unit coupled to a memory, a microcode controller, and a hardware controller. The microcode controller is to identify a global power and performance hint in an instruction stream that includes first and second instruction phases to be executed in parallel, identify a local hint based on synchronization dependence in the first instruction phase, and use the first local hint to balance power consumption between the execution unit and the memory during parallel executions of the first and second instruction phases. The hardware controller is to use the global hint to determine an appropriate voltage level of a compute voltage and a frequency of a compute clock signal for the execution unit during the parallel executions of the first and second instruction phases. The first local hint includes a processing rate for the first instruction phase or an indication of the processing rate.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising a poorly water soluble pharmaceutical agent, a carrier protein, and an antimicrobial agent, wherein significant microbial growth is inhibited in the composition. The amount of the antimicrobial agent in the composition may be below the level that induces a toxicological effect or at a level where a potential side effect can be controlled or tolerated. Also provided are compositions comprising a poorly water soluble pharmaceutical agent, a carrier protein, a sugar, and optionally an antimicrobial agent. Methods of using the compositions are also provided.

Abstract: An electronic device that is configured to be coupled to an alternating current (AC) power unit that includes an AC input power signal is described. The electronic device includes a reference signal generator circuit that is configured to generate a reference signal based on a direct current (DC) power source, a voltage divider circuit that is configured to scale the reference signal for application to the AC input power signal to generate a divided AC input power signal, an amplifier circuit that is configured to output a fault indication signal responsive to the divided AC input power signal, and an amplifier control circuit that is coupled to the amplifier circuit and is configured to control a fault indication signal level of the fault indication signal that is output by the amplifier circuit. Related methods and computer program products are also described.

Abstract: Thus, the present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for training neural networks using a tensor that includes a plurality of FP16 values and a plurality of bits that define an exponent shared by some or all of the FP16 values included in the tensor. The FP16 values may include IEEE 754 format 16-bit floating point values and the tensor may include a plurality of bits defining the shared exponent. The tensor may include a shared exponent and FP16 values that include a variable bit-length mantissa and a variable bit-length exponent that may be dynamically set by processor circuitry. The tensor may include a shared exponent and FP16 values that include a variable bit-length mantissa; a variable bit-length exponent that may be dynamically set by processor circuitry; and a shared exponent switch set by the processor circuitry to selectively combine the FP16 value exponent with the shared exponent.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for a converting tensor data. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: fetching source tensor blocks of a source tensor data structure, each source tensor block comprising a plurality of source tensor data elements having a first numeric representation, wherein the source tensor data structure comprises a predefined structural arrangement of source tensor blocks; converting the one or more source tensor blocks into one or more destination tensor blocks comprising a plurality of destination tensor data elements having a second numeric representation different from the first numeric representation, wherein the sets of one or more source tensor blocks are converted to one or more corresponding destination tensor blocks in a specified order based on the first and second numeric representations; and storing each individual destination tensor block in a designated memory region to maintain coherency with the predefined structural arrangement of the source tensor blocks.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to sparse matrix multiplication (SMM) acceleration using column folding and squeezing. In one example, a processor, in response to a SMM instruction having fields to specify locations of first, second, and output matrices, the second matrix being a sparse matrix, uses execution circuitry to pack the second matrix by replacing one or more zero-valued elements with non-zero elements yet to be processed, each of the replaced elements further including a field to identify its logical position within the second matrix, and, the execution circuitry further to, for each non-zero element at row M and column K of the specified first matrix, generate a product of the element and each corresponding non-zero element at row K, column N of the packed second matrix, and accumulate each generated product with a previous value of a corresponding element at row M and column N of the specified output matrix.

Abstract: A container storing a liquid anesthetic solution is disclosed. The container is sealed by a closure, and the liquid anesthetic solution includes an anesthetic being from 0.1% to 10% by weight of the liquid anesthetic solution, water, and a solvent. The container includes a material that is inert to the anesthetic, and the closure includes siliconized rubber, a fluoropolymer, or metal that is inert to the anesthetic. The concentration of the anesthetic in the liquid anesthetic solution stored in the container following a predetermined time period is at least 93% of a concentration of the anesthetic in the liquid anesthetic solution before the liquid anesthetic solution is stored in the container.

Abstract: Electric vehicle supply equipment includes a contactor having a first set of contacts and a second set of contacts, an amplifier circuit electrically connected to the load side output of the first set of contacts via a first connection and to the load side output of the second set of contacts via a second connection, the amplifier circuit being structured to amplify a voltage difference between a first voltage at the first connection and a second voltage at the second connection, and control electronics structured to compare the amplified voltage difference to a threshold voltage and to determine whether the first and second sets of contacts are closed based on the comparison between the amplified voltage difference and the threshold voltage.

Abstract: Self-powered switches include an externally accessible user input member, a switch housing attached to the user input member, a permanent magnet held in the switch housing, a magnet housing held in the switch housing that is attached to the user input member, the magnet housing having a spindle that extends laterally outward from opposing sides of an upper portion of the magnet housing. The spindle is attached to the switch housing. The switches also include a magnet assembly that includes a coil and a shaft extending a distance beyond the coil held in the switch housing. A least one of the magnet assembly and permanent magnet moves in response to movement of the user input member.

Abstract: Self-powered switches include a switch housing having an externally accessible user input member, a coil assembly, and a magnet arranged therein such that at least one of the coil assembly and the magnet move relative to each other responsive to movement of the user input member between first and second switch positions, and a control circuit held in the switch housing and coupled to first and second terminals of the coil assembly. The control circuit is configured to detect respective electrical characteristics of the first and second terminals of the coil assembly responsive to the movement of the user input member, and selectively transmit first and second wireless control signals to a remote receiver based on the respective electrical characteristics of the first and second terminals of the coil assembly, respectively. Related circuits and methods of operation are also discussed.

Abstract: Self-powered switches include an externally accessible user input member, a switch housing attached to the user input member, a permanent magnet held in the switch housing, a magnet housing held in the switch housing that is attached to the user input member, the magnet housing having a spindle that extends laterally outward from opposing sides of an upper portion of the magnet housing. The spindle is attached to the switch housing. The switches also include a magnet assembly that includes a coil and a shaft extending a distance beyond the coil held in the switch housing. A least one of the magnet assembly and permanent magnet moves in response to movement of the user input member.

Abstract: An electrical circuit for electric vehicle supply equipment including a pilot control signal unit structured to generate a pilot control signal having a state including one of a high state and a low state, a pilot control signal isolation unit structured to generate an isolated pilot control signal that is isolated from the power lines of the electric vehicle supply equipment and is based on the state of the pilot control signal, and an amplification unit structured to generate a pilot signal based on the state of the pilot control signal. The amplification unit is structured to receive the isolated pilot control signal and the isolated voltage and to use the isolated pilot control signal and the isolated voltage to generate the pilot signal, and the pilot signal is isolated from the power lines of the electric vehicle supply equipment.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory and a memory controller. The memory comprises a plurality of memory modules, wherein each memory module comprises a plurality of storage locations. The memory controller may be configured to write data of a matrix to the memory. For example, the memory controller may be configured to write a particular row or a particular column of the matrix to the memory by: shifting a plurality of matrix elements of the particular row or the particular column; and writing the plurality of matrix elements to the plurality of memory modules.

Abstract: A pilot signal detection and indication unit includes a pilot signal scaling unit structured to generate a scaled pilot signal by shifting a pilot signal using a bias voltage and scaling down the pilot signal, a pilot signal duty cycle comparator unit structured to generate a limited pilot signal that has a fixed peak voltage and a duty cycle that is equivalent to the duty cycle of the pilot signal, a processing unit structured to determine a voltage value and the duty cycle value of the pilot signal from the scaled pilot signal and the limited pilot signal, and to generate an indication signal based on the determined voltage value and duty cycle value, and an indication unit having a number of indicators and being structured to activate selected ones of the number of indicators based on the indication signal.

Abstract: An electrical circuit for electric vehicle supply equipment including a pilot control signal unit structured to generate a pilot control signal having a state including one of a high state and a low state, a pilot control signal isolation unit structured to generate an isolated pilot control signal that is isolated from the power lines of the electric vehicle supply equipment and is based on the state of the pilot control signal, and an amplification unit structured to generate a pilot signal based on the state of the pilot control signal. The amplification unit is structured to receive the isolated pilot control signal and the isolated voltage and to use the isolated pilot control signal and the isolated voltage to generate the pilot signal, and the pilot signal is isolated from the power lines of the electric vehicle supply equipment.

Abstract: Electric vehicle supply equipment includes a contactor having a first set of contacts and a second set of contacts, an amplifier circuit electrically connected to the load side output of the first set of contacts via a first connection and to the load side output of the second set of contacts via a second connection, the amplifier circuit being structured to amplify a voltage difference between a first voltage at the first connection and a second voltage at the second connection, and control electronics structured to compare the amplified voltage difference to a threshold voltage and to determine whether the first and second sets of contacts are closed based on the comparison between the amplified voltage difference and the threshold voltage.

Abstract: A pre-filled syringe storing an anesthetic is disclosed. The pre-filled syringe includes a container configured to store a liquid anesthetic solution. The liquid anesthetic solution includes an anesthetic, water, and a solvent. The container is made of a plastic that is inert to the anesthetic. The pre-filled syringe also includes a plunger made of siliconized bromobutyl rubber that is inert to the anesthetic and a rubber stopper made of siliconized bromobutyl rubber that is inert to the anesthetic. The plunger and the rubber stopper seal the container configured to store the liquid anesthetic solution.

Abstract: Described herein are one or more integrated circuits (ICs) comprising controller circuitry to receive a command to execute an operation for data inputs stored in an external memory or a local memory, and convert the operation into a set of matrix operations to operate on sub-portions of the data inputs. The IC(s) further comprise at least one processing circuitry to execute the set of matrix operations, the processing circuitry to include ALUs, a local memory external to the ALUs and accessible by the ALUs, and processing control circuitry to create at least one matrix operand in the local memory (from the data inputs of the operation) comprising at least one of a scalar, a vector, or a 2D matrix, and provide memory handles corresponding to each of the matrix operands to one of the ALUs to access the respective matrix operands when executing a matrix operation.

Abstract: Described herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses to utilize a matrix operation by accessing each of the operation's matrix operands via a respective single memory handle. This use of a single memory handle for each matrix operand eliminates significant overhead in memory allocation, data tracking, and subroutine complexity present in prior art solutions. The result of the matrix operation can also be accessible via a single memory handle identifying the matrix elements of the result.