Abstract: In one embodiment, a system comprises a host processor and a storage system. The storage system comprises one or more storage devices, and each storage device comprises a non-volatile memory and a compute offload controller. The non-volatile memory stores data, and the compute offload controller performs compute tasks on the data based on compute offload commands from the host processor.

Abstract: Techniques for storage and processing for distributed file systems are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, padding is placed between data elements in a file to be stored on a distributed file system. The file is to be split into several objects in order to be stored in the distributed file system, and the padding is used to prevent a data element from being split across two different objects. The objects are stored on data nodes, which analyze the objects to determine which data elements are present in the object as well at the location of those objects. The location of the objects is saved on the data storage device, and those locations can be used to perform queries on the data elements in the object on the data storage device itself. Such an approach can reduce transfer of data elements from data storage to local memory of the data node.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for implementing virtual USB ports are described herein. Embodiments of a system including a computer, which includes a first USB stack, a first remote host controller function implementing a first virtual USB port, an abstraction of a remote host controller, and a host controller, coupled with said computer, operating in combination with said abstraction of a remote host controller as a USB host controller of said computer, is described. Other embodiments are also described.

Abstract: In some embodiments a signal is sent to start a current time frame for a Universal Serial Bus host controller. After the sending, a time period is entered during which a pending transaction may be transmitted by the host controller. If a transaction has been formed, the formed transaction is transmitted during the entered period. When less than a maximum transfer period remains between a current time and a start of a next time frame, there is a refraining from transmitting any additional formed transactions during the current time frame. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A driver and methods therefore provide automated testing of USB client devices in real-time. The driver may use the layered driver or filter driver feature in Microsoft® Windows® Driver Model (WDM) layered architecture for the Microsoft Windows operating system. The driver may be inserted between the USB bus driver and the USB client driver stack. The driver may intercept, inspect, and modify the requests between the client drivers and the bus driver.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for remote USB host controlling are described herein.

Abstract: A driver and methods therefore provide automated testing of USB client devices in real-time. The driver may use the layered driver or filter driver feature in Microsoft® Windows® Driver Model (WDM) layered architecture for the Microsoft Windows operating system. The driver may be inserted between the USB bus driver and the USB client driver stack. The driver may intercept, inspect, and modify the requests between the client drivers and the bus driver.