Abstract: An artificial microstructure comprises two “I” shaped metal wire structures. The two “I” shaped metal wire structures are separated to each other. The present invention also discloses an artificial electromagnetic material using the artificial microstructures. The artificial electromagnetic material has high resonance frequency, wide effective frequency band and has a wide application range.

Abstract: A system and method for calibrating bias in a data transmission system including a calibrated bias having impedance calibration for accommodating parameter variations in the data transmission system. A current mirror receives and balances bias currents between the calibrated bias and an output driver from the data transmission system. A digital compensation logic circuit is connected to the calibrated bias to adjust the calibrated bias for variations in parameters causing a current tail effect. A calibration logic circuit adjusts calibration due to variations in operational parameters, such that the tail current variations are minimized.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory architecture implemented method is provided, where the memory architecture includes a logic chip and one or more memory chips on a single die, and where the method comprises: reading values of data from the one or more memory chips to the logic chip, where the one or more memory chips and the logic chip are on a single die; modifying, via the logic chip on the single die, the values of data; and writing, from the logic chip to the one or more memory chips, the modified values of data.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an implantable stimulation lead for delivering electrical stimulation to tissue of a patient, the implantable stimulation lead comprises: a lead body comprising a plurality of wires strands that form a solid helical hollow tube that is maintained by mutual contact pressure of neighboring wire strands, wherein the plurality of wire strands comprise an outer coating of non-conductive material to electrically isolate each of the plurality of wire strands from each other; and a plurality of electrodes with each electrode being electrically coupled to one of the plurality of wire strands.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to data inversion encoding. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an interface circuit. The interface circuit is configured to perform first and second data bursts that include respective pluralities of data transmissions encoded using an inversion coding scheme. In such an embodiment, the initial data transmission of the second data burst is encoded using the final data transmission of the first data burst. In some embodiments, the first and second data bursts correspond to successive write operations or successive read operations to a memory module from a memory PHY.

Abstract: Improved memory management in a processor is provided using garbage collection utilities. The processor includes higher performance memory units and lower performance memory units and a memory management unit. The memory management unit includes a garbage collection utility programmed to identify high use memory blocks and low use memory blocks within the higher and lower performance memory units. The memory management unit is also configured to move the high use memory blocks to higher performance memory and move the low use memory blocks to lower performance memory. The method comprises determining performance characteristics of available memory to identify higher performance memory and lower performance memory. Next memory block use metrics are analyzed to identify high use memory blocks and low use memory blocks. Finally, high use memory blocks are moved to the higher performance memory while the low use memory blocks are moved to the lower performance memory.

Abstract: A method for generating, in a video signal receiver, an output signal for a display unit, comprising the steps of determining the display mode of the display unit, detecting the type of a video input signal received by the video signal receiver, converting the received video signal into an adapted output signal compatible with the display mode of the display unit, providing the adapted output signal to the display unit.

Abstract: A function in source code is processed by a compiler for execution on a graphics processing unit, wherein the function includes an exception handling structure. An exception raising block is converted into a first control flow and an exception handler block is converted into a second control flow. The first control flow includes setting an exception raised indicator and finding an exception handler to process the raised exception. The exception raised indicator remains set until an appropriate exception handler is found. The second control flow includes clearing the exception raised indicator and processing the exception.

Abstract: An artificial electromagnetic material includes at least one material sheet. Each material sheet includes a substrate and a plurality of artificial microstructures attached to the substrate. Each substrate is virtually divided into multiple of substrate units arranged into an array. A pair of artificial microstructures is attached to each substrate. The pair of artificial microstructures includes a first artificial microstructure and a second artificial microstructure with different shapes. The dielectric constant of artificial electromagnetic materials gradually increases from zero in a certain frequency range, therefore the material has a low dielectric constant in the certain frequency range and can meet some needs of special situation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a three-dimensional (3D) user interface are provided. The 3D user interface enables a user to interact with 3D applications on computing devices utilizing a 3D display. The 3D user interface utilizes a swarm algorithm to perform computations on 3D graphical objects in a graphics engine. The swarm algorithm allows multiple 3D graphics objects to interact with each other to form the 3D graphics of the application.

Abstract: Power management for a processing system that has multiple processing units, (e.g., multiple graphics processing units (GPUs), is described herein. The processing system includes a power manager that obtains performance, power, operational or environmental data from a power management unit associated with each processor (e.g., GPU). The power manager determines, for example, an average value with respect to at least one of the performance, power, operational or environmental data. If the average value is below a predetermined threshold for a predetermined amount of time, then the power manager notifies a configuration manager to alter the number of active processors (e.g., GPUs), if possible. The power may then be distributed among the remaining GPUs or other processors, if beneficial for the operating and environmental conditions.

Abstract: Wafer sort data can be converted to binary data, whereby each integrated circuit of the wafer is assigned a value of one or zero, depending on whether test data indicates the integrated circuit complies with a specification. In addition, each integrated circuit is assigned position data to indicate its position on the wafer. A frequency transform, such as a multidimensional discrete Fourier transform (DFT), is applied to the binary wafer sort data and position data to determine a spatial frequency spectrum that indicates error patterns for the wafer. The spatial frequency spectrum can be analyzed to determine the characteristics of the wafer formation process that resulted in the errors, and the wafer formation process can be modified to reduce or eliminate the errors.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of producing alcohol esters during a fermentation by providing alcohol-producing microorganisms which further comprise an engineered polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having lipase activity.

Abstract: A processor includes a plurality of exclusive resources, a shared resource, and a controller configured to manage power state transitions of each of the plurality of exclusive resources and the shared resource. The controller receives a request from a resource to transition from a first power state to a lower power state and, in response to receiving the request, the controller controls power state transitions of the resource according to a first power control threshold when the resource is one of the plurality of exclusive resources and according to a second power control threshold that is greater than the first power control threshold when the resource is the shared resource.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mutant microorganism having a high ability to produce cadaverine, and a method for producing cadaverine using the same. More specifically, the invention relates to a mutant microorganism having a high ability to produce cadaverine wherein a gene involved in the cadaverine degradation or utilization pathway is inactivated or deleted, and to a method for producing cadaverine in high yield by culturing the mutant microorganism under aerobic conditions. The mutant microorganism according to the present invention is useful for producing a high yield of cadaverine which can be widely used in various industrial applications.

Abstract: A method and a phase-locked loop (PLL) for generating output clock signals with desired frequencies are described. The PLL is equipped with a ramp generator that increments or decrements a feedback divider value before providing it to a modulator. The modulator modulates the feedback divider value and provides the modulated value to a feedback divider of the PLL for performing frequency division.

Abstract: An embedded, programmable motion blur system and method is described. Embodiments include receiving a plurality of vertices in a graphics processing unit (GPU), displacing at least one vertex, receiving a primitive defined by at least one of the displaced vertices, and generating a plurality of primitive samples from the primitive. The receiving of a plurality of vertices, the displacing, the receiving a primitive, and the generating are all performed prior to rendering of the scene. The system includes a central processing unit (CPU), a memory unit coupled to the CPU, and at least one programmable GPU. The GPU includes a vertex shader and a geometry shader programmable to perform geometry amplification and generate a plurality of primitive samples, both of these performed before the scene is rendered.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus that facilitate the relatively smooth playback of video at an altered playback speed. Video frames are scored and selected for removal (or duplication) to provide faster (or slower) playback speed based when the video is displayed at a predetermined frame rate.

Abstract: A connector includes terminal elements each having a base, multiple terminals securely received in the base with first ends and second ends, positioning blocks formed on one side face of the base and cutouts defined in a top portion of the base, a casing having receiving spaces defined in the casing for receiving the second ends of the terminals, positioning holes each defined to communicate with a corresponding one of the receiving spaces to position therein the second end of the terminals and ribs formed inside the casing to isolate each of the terminals from influence from the other terminals and an insert having receiving holes defined to receive therein the terminal elements and transverse columns corresponding to the cutouts of the terminal elements such that with the transverse columns received in the corresponding cutouts, connection between the insert and the terminal elements is secured.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes forming a wave length conversion portion on a light-emitting element. The light emitting device includes a light-emitting element which emits light of a predetermined wavelength and a wavelength conversion portion which includes a fluorescent substance which is excited by the light emitted from the light-emitting element so as to emit fluorescence of a wavelength different from the predetermined wavelength, which wavelength conversion portion is formed by including the fluorescent substance, a layered silicate mineral, and an organometallic compound.