Abstract: A method of automatically classifying defects. The method generally includes the steps of (A) receiving information for a current defect, (B) extracting field values from the current defect, (C) counting a number of occurrences of one or more keywords in the current defect, (D) determining one or more new keywords occurring in the current defect and storing the one or more new keywords in a database and (E) creating one or more linkages in the database between a first record corresponding to the current defect and one or more second records corresponding to previous defects based upon one or more similarities between the first and the second records.

Abstract: A system comprising a host, a solid state device, and an abstract layer. The host may be configured to generate a plurality of input/output (IO) requests. The solid state device may comprise a write cache region and a read cache region. The read cache region may be a mirror of the write cache region. The abstract layer may be configured to (i) receive the plurality of IO requests, (ii) process the IO requests, and (iii) map the plurality of IO requests to the write cache region and the read cache region.

Abstract: An apparatus including a control circuit and an encoder circuit. The control circuit may configured to generate a first control signal and a second control signal. The encoder circuit may be configured to (i) receive a plurality of coefficients, the first control signal and the second control signal and (ii) generate an encoded signal in response to the plurality of coefficients, the first control signal and the second control signal. The encoder circuit may be further configured to simultaneously encode run before syntax elements with the plurality of coefficients.

Abstract: An apparatus having a buffer and a circuit is disclosed. The buffer may be configured to receive a digital image. The digital image generally has (i) a Bayer color representation and (ii) two initial dimensions in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction respectively. The circuit may be configured to generate a resample image in a signal by down-sampling the digital image in the Bayer color representation such that (i) the resample image has two resample dimensions, (ii) at least one of the resample dimensions is smaller than a respective at least one of the initial dimensions and (iii) the respective at least one initial dimension is a non-integer multiple of the at least one resample dimension.

Abstract: A method for automatically focusing a camera including the steps of (A) recording a first topology and a second topology, where the second topology occurs temporally after the first topology, and (B) comparing the first topology with the second topology. A focus of the camera is automatically adjusted based upon one or more similarities between the first topology and the second topology.

Abstract: A method for reducing memory utilization in a digital video codec. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a second reference picture by downsampling a first reference picture using a pattern, wherein the pattern (i) comprises a two-dimensional grid and (ii) is unachievable by performing a vertical downsampling and separately performing a horizontal downsampling, (B) generating a third reference picture by upsampling the second reference picture and (C) processing an image in a video signal using the third reference picture.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a voltage controlled oscillator, a first charge pump, a second charge pump, a switch circuit and a comparator circuit. The voltage controlled oscillator may be configured to generate an output signal oscillating at a first frequency in response to a control signal. The charge pump circuit may be configured to generate a first component of the control signal in response to a first adjustment signal and a second adjustment signal. The second charge pump may be configured to generate a second component of the control signal in response to a first intermediate signal and a second intermediate signal. The switch circuit may be configured to generate the first intermediate signal and the second intermediate signal in response to the first adjustment signal and the second adjustment signal. The comparator circuit may be configured to generate the first and second adjustment signals in response to a comparison between (i) an input signal having a second frequency and (ii) the output signal.

Abstract: A method for adaptive selection of floating taps in a decision feedback equalizer including the steps of (A) determining values for a predefined metric for tap positions within a range covered by a decision feedback equalizer (DFE) and (B) setting one or more floating taps of the DFE to tap positions based upon the values of the predefined metric.

Abstract: an apparatus comprising a sensor system and a controller. The sensor system may be configured to provide information about an angle of a ski rope relative to a ski pylon. The controller may be configured to provide (i) a first indication if the sensor indicates the ski rope reaches a target angle within a target time and (ii) a second indication if the sensor does not indicate the ski rope reaches the target angle be within the target time.

Abstract: A method of configuring a storage device is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) receiving a single data unit over a communication network, the data unit (i) being transferred via the communication network using a standard communication protocol, (ii) defining both (a) a plurality of new configuration items that define a new configuration of the storage device and (b) a command to be performed by the storage device and (iii) having a standard markup language format, (B) calculating at least one configuration change from a plurality of current configuration items to the new configuration items, the current configuration items defining a current configuration of the storage device, (C) adjusting the storage device into the new configuration based on the at least one configuration change and (D) performing a requested operation with the storage device in the new configuration in response to the command.

Abstract: A method incorporating adaptive body biasing into an integrated circuit design flow includes the steps of (A) adding adaptive body biasing input/outputs (I/Os) during a bonding layout stage of the integrated circuit design flow, (B) floorplanning the integrated circuit design, (C) generating an adaptive body biasing mesh and (D) generating a layout of the integrated circuit design based upon a plurality of adaptive body biasing corners.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a logically contiguous group of at least three drives, a first loop, a second loop, and a compression/decompression circuit. Each of the drives comprises (i) a first region configured to store compressed data of a previous drive, (ii) a second region configured to store uncompressed data of the drive, (iii) a third region configured to store compressed data of a next drive. The first loop may be connected to the next drive in the logically contiguous group. The second loop may be connected to the previous drive of the logically contiguous group. The compression/decompression circuit may be configured to compress and decompress the data stored on each of the drives.

Abstract: An apparatus generally having a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to (i) generate an equalizer parameter in response to an input signal, the equalizer parameter causing a cancellation of post-cursor inter-symbol interference from a plurality of symbols in the input signal and (ii) generate an output signal in response to both the input signal and the equalizer parameter. The second circuit may be configured to (i) generate a target parameter signal in response to the input signal, the target parameter signal representing a mean value of a plurality of sample points of the symbols and (ii) generate a control signal in response to the target parameter signal, the control signal causing a reduction of the equalizer parameter, the reduction causing a decrease in the cancellation of the post-cursor inter-symbol interference from the symbols, wherein the apparatus does not cancel pre-cursor inter-symbol interference.

Abstract: A circuit generally having a first module, a second module and a third module is disclosed. The first module may be configured to (i) generate a plurality of parsed residual blocks by parsing an 8×8 CABAC (context-based adaptive binary arithmetic coding) residual block received in an input signal and (ii) generate a plurality of metric signals resulting from the parsing of the 8×8 CABAC residual block. The second module may be configured to generate a scanning position signal based on the metric signals. The third module may be configured to generating a plurality of 4×4 CAVLC (context-based adaptive variable length coding) residual blocks in an output signal by sub-sampling the parsed residual blocks based on the scanning position signal.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a test termination card having a first set of connections and a second set of connections. The first set of connections may be configured to connect to a specific pinout of a device under test. The second set of connections may be configured to connect to a general pinout of a tester load board. The termination card may toggle between (a) connecting the first set of connectors to the second set of connectors to implement a first test type and (b) disconnecting the first set of connectors from the second set of connectors to implement a second test type.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a housing, a speaker, and an amplifier. The speaker may be mounted within the housing. A concave portion may be implemented in the housing and may be configured to hold a transformer. An amplifier may be implemented within the housing and may be configured to receive power through a connection to the transformer.

Abstract: A method of operation for an input/output assignment tool is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a graphic presentation to a user displaying (i) a circuit icon having a plurality of pin icons and (ii) a plurality of signal icons, (B) moving a first of the signal icons within the graphic presentation to a first of the pin icons in response to a move command from the user and (C) indicating an acceptance of an association between the first signal icon and the first pin icon in response to the association passing a rule.

Abstract: On-line health education includes displaying composites of personalized health content and patient-selected entertainment. Suitable sources of entertainment include generally available web pages and television programs. Composites are spatial (for page displays) or temporal (for image sequence displays). Health content is customized to health and personal situations of individual patients, and replaces advertisements. Composites are generated on a central server in communication with an entertainment server and a health server. Amenable diseases or behaviors include diabetes, asthma, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, eating disorders, HIV, mental health disorders, smoking, and alcohol and drug abuse.

Abstract: An apparatus having a cache configured as N-way associative and a controller circuit is disclosed. The controller circuit may be configured to (i) detect one of a cache hit and a cache miss in response to each of a plurality of access requests to the cache, (ii) detect a collision among the access requests, (iii) queue at least two first requests of the access requests that establish a speculative collision, the speculative collision occurring where the first requests access a given congruence class in the cache and (iv) delay a line allocation to the cache caused by a cache miss of a given one of the first requests while the given congruence class has at least N outstanding line fills in progress.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing power usage are provided. The system includes a programmable microprocessor, at least one input mechanism, a memory having instructions and/or other information, a display, at least one power consuming power device and a remote server. The systems allows the user of a power consuming device to receive instructions or other information from the server. The method includes using stored program instructions to generate power device related information on a display, collecting power device data representative of the electrical current or power consumed, connecting to a remote computing facility having a server, and providing the data to a computer remotely located from the central server.