Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for controlling a processing device to execute an application that runs on a neural network (NN). The processing device can include a plurality of processing units that are arranged in a network-on-chip (NoC) architecture. For example, the method can include obtaining compiler information relating the application and the NoC, controlling the processing device to employ a first routing scheme to process the application when the compiler information does not meet a predefined requirement, and controlling the processing device to employ a second routing scheme to process the application when the compiler information meets the predefined requirement.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for controlling a processing device to execute an application that employs a neural network (NN). The processing device includes a plurality of processing units arranged in a network-on-chip (NoC) to which the NN is mapped. For example, the method can include obtaining compiler information. The compiler information can include computing loads of the application on the processing units. The computing loads can relate a dataflow type of the NN. The method can also include determining a scaling factor for computing time of each of the processing units based on the computing loads, adjusting the computing time of the processing units based on the scaling factors, and enabling the processing units to perform their respective tasks of the application within their respective adjusted computing time.

Abstract: A method for generating a high resolution image from a low resolution image includes retrieving a plurality of low resolution image patches from the low resolution image, performing discrete wavelet transform on each low resolution image patch to generate a first image patch with a high frequency on a horizontal axis and a high frequency on a vertical axis, a second image patch with a high frequency on the horizontal axis and a low frequency on the vertical axis, and a third image patch with a low frequency on the horizontal axis and a high frequency on the vertical axis, inputting the three image patches to a dual branch degradation extractor to generate a blur representation and a noise representation, and performing contrastive learning on the blur representation and the noise representation by reducing a blur loss and a noise loss.

Abstract: The present invention provides a chip including a plurality of application circuits and a UART interface. The plurality of application circuits, configured to generate a plurality of data, respectively, wherein the plurality of data respectively generated by the plurality of application circuits are transmitted to another chip via the same UART interface.

Abstract: A method for a beam reporting for a communication apparatus, comprising: receiving a plurality of reference signals (RSs) from a wireless network; taking a measurement on the plurality of RSs, to generate a measurement result; performing a sorting on a plurality of beams according to the measurement result, to generate a plurality of sorted beams; detecting a risk of a ping-pong of beam to be reported according to the plurality of sorted beams to generate a risk result, when each measurement is done; and reporting at least one of the plurality of sorted beams to the wireless network according to the risk result.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are drawn to electronic systems that perform EHT operations for a wireless network supporting a 160+160 MHz/320 MHz operating mode. RTS/CTS frame exchange sequences and TXOP truncation can be performed using punctured preambles according to subchannels indicated in a bitmap subfield (e.g., an Allowed Bitmap Subfield). Preamble puncturing is supported for EHT PPDUs transmitted to multiple STAs using MU-RTS/MU-CTS frames transmitted in non-HT duplicate PPDUs. Preamble puncturing is also supported for an EHT PPDU transmitted to a single STA. The RTS and CTS frames can be sent in a non-HT duplicate PPDU with preamble puncturing, for example.

Abstract: An apparatus (e.g., an access point (AP)) announces to one or more stations (STAs), in a frame, one or more preamble detection (PD) channels in a frequency segment such that each of the one or more STAs monitors a respective one of the one or more PD channels to detect any transmission on the one or more PD channels. The apparatus then wirelessly communicates with at least one of the one or more STAs on one of the one or more PD channels during a transmission opportunity (TXOP).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are drawn to electronic systems capable of transmitting a group addressed frame that identifies an MLD according to an MLD MAC address. The group addressed frame can include an ARP request, for example, and can be transmitted by an AP MLD responsive to an individually addressed frame transmitted by a non-AP STA MLD associated with the AP MLD. The AP MLD can provide a proxy ARP service for associated non-AP STA MLDs.

Abstract: A test kit for testing a device under test (DUT) includes a socket structure for containing the DUT, and a plunger assembly detachably coupled with the socket structure. The plunger assembly includes a multi-layered structure having at least an interposer substrate sandwiched by a top socket and a nest.

Abstract: A video encoding method includes: during a first period, performing an encoding process upon a first block group of a current frame to generate a first block group bitstream; and during a second period, transmitting a second block group bitstream derived from encoding a second block group of the current frame, wherein the second period overlaps the first period. The encoding process includes: during a first time segment of the first period, performing a first in-loop filtering process upon a first group of pixels; and during a second time segment of the first period, performing a second in-loop filtering process upon a second group of pixels, wherein the second time segment overlaps the first time segment, and a non-zero pixel distance exists between a first edge pixel of the first group of pixels and a second edge pixel of the second group of pixels in a filter direction.

Abstract: A method of registering to slices with mapped S-NSSAI alone in a 5GS is described. The method can include, upon a UE entering a VPLMN, the UE having a first PDN connection or a first PDU session that is to be transferred to the VPLMN and associated with a first HPLMN S-NSSAI, determining whether the UE has a first VPLMN S-NSSAI applicable in the VPLMN corresponding to the first HPLMN S-NSSAI. If not, a registration request message can be transmitted to the VPLMN. The registration request message can include the first HPLMN S-NSSAI as a first mapped S-NSSAI for indicating a slice of the VPLMN to which the UE intends to register.

Abstract: A post driver and a chip with overdrive capability are shown. A first bias circuit is configured to provide a first voltage shift between the output terminal of the post driver and the gate terminal of the first p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) transistor of a pull-up circuit when the pull-down circuit is enabled. A second bias circuit is configured to provide a second voltage shift between the output terminal of the post driver and the gate terminal of the first n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) transistor of the pull-down circuit when the pull-up circuit is enabled. Accordingly, the PMOS transistors in the pull-up circuit and the NMOS transistors in the pull-down circuit are all well protected although they are powered by an overdrive voltage.

Abstract: A self-repair memory circuit includes a cell array, a controller, a row repair decoder, and a column repair decoder. The cell array includes rows and columns of memory cells. The controller receives an input indicating row repair or column repair, and a repair address shared by the row repair and the column repair of the cell array. The row repair decoder maps the repair address of a defective row to a redundant row of the cell array when the input indicates the row repair. The column repair decoder maps the repair address of a defective column to another column of the cell array when the input indicates the column repair.

Abstract: A die-level electrical parameter extraction method includes: obtaining electrical parameters of a plurality of transistor types; obtaining measurement results of a plurality of logic blocks; estimating a mapping relationship between the electrical parameters of the plurality of transistor types and the measurement results of the plurality of logic blocks; and regarding a specific die of a wafer, obtaining die-level measurement of the plurality of logic blocks, and generating die-level electrical parameters of the plurality of transistor types according to the mapping relationship and the die-level measurement results.

Abstract: A chip includes a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) switch, a dual-mode device, and a signal transmission control circuit. The PCIe switch includes a first downstream port. The dual-mode device switches between a root complex (RC) mode and an endpoint (EP) mode. The signal transmission control circuit is coupled between the PCIe switch and the dual-mode device. The first downstream port communicates with the dual-mode device operating under the EP mode. The signal transmission control circuit allows an external PCIe device to communicate with the dual-mode device operating under the RC mode.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a communication apparatus comprising a radio transceiver and a modem processor. The radio transceiver is configured to transmit or receive wireless signals in a wireless network. The modem processor is coupled to the radio transceiver and configured to perform operations comprising: dividing a tracking reference signal (TRS) set into a plurality of TRS subsets; scheduling a first part of the plurality of TRS subsets for a beam management; and scheduling a second part of the plurality of TRS subsets for a synchronization.

Abstract: A video residual decoding apparatus is used for applying residual decoding to a transform block that is divided into sub-blocks, and includes a residual decoding circuit and a storage device. The residual decoding circuit enters a coefficient loop for decoding one or more syntax elements at each of coefficient positions within a sub-block that has at least one non-zero coefficient level. The coefficient loop includes one decoding pass and at least one other decoding pass. During the at least one other decoding pass, the residual decoding circuit records side information in the storage device, where the side information is indicative of specific coefficient positions at which specific syntax elements need to be decoded in the one decoding pass. During the one decoding pass, the residual decoding circuit refers to the side information for decoding the specific syntax elements at the specific coefficient positions, respectively.

Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from one or more peer UEs. The controller determines a Sidelink (SL) Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration set, and applies the SL DRX configuration set to enable a DRX operation for SL communications with the peer UEs via the wireless transceiver; wherein the SL DRX configuration set is determined based on one of the following: one or more types of one or more SL services which the UE is participating with the peer UEs; one or more SL DRX configurations received from the peer UEs; and control information received from a Base Station (BS).

Abstract: Various examples and schemes pertaining to enhancements for sidelink (SL) resource allocation in New Radio (NR) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications are described. A user equipment (UE) transmits to a peer UE assistance information with respect to a result of sensing of one or more resources reserved for a SL communication. The UE then receives a transmission from the peer UE on a resource selected by the peer UE based on the assistance information.

Abstract: A method for providing multiple physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources for a uplink control information (UCI) report can include receiving one or more PUCCH resource configurations from a base station (BS) at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, and determining a first PUCCH resource configuration from the one or more PUCCH resource configurations for reporting a UCI. The first PUCCH resource configuration can indicate multiple frequency domain transmission occasions in a bandwidth. The UCI can be transmitted on at least one of the multiple frequency domain transmission occasions indicated by the first PUCCH resource configuration.