Abstract: An Internet of Things (IoT) apparatus including a plurality of boards and one or more connectors to couple IoT modules to one or more of the plurality of boards and to couple the plurality of boards to each other. The connectors include stacking connectors on both sides of at least some of the boards and at least some of the IoT modules to be coupled to the boards.

Abstract: In some examples, an Internet of Things (IoT) apparatus including a plurality of boards and one or more connectors to couple IoT modules to one or more of the plurality of boards and to couple the plurality of boards to each other. The connectors include stacking connectors on both sides of at least some of the boards and at least some of the IoT modules to be coupled to the boards. The stacking connectors allow the IoT modules and the boards to be coupled together in a manner that boards and modules cannot be inserted incorrectly.

Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of processor cores. The processor cores may comprise one or more application processor (AP) cores and a boot strap processor (BSP) core. A basic input/output system (BIOS) comprises an I/O device module to call a stall function in response to an I/O operation, a power management module that couples to the I/O device and a timer module that couples to the power management module. The power management module is to adjust a timer period of the timer module based on a stall delay of the stall function. The power management module may hook the stall function and compare the stall delay with a predetermined threshold and set the timer period to the stall delay in response to determining that the stall delay is longer. The power management module may put the BSP in a sleep mode during the timer period to save power.

Abstract: Secure authentication to a remote application operating on a remote server across a network includes detecting a login associated with the remote application; and in response to the detected login, offloading the login process to an isolated execution environment configured to receive a login request message from the browser application; identify confidential information stored in the secure memory storage and associated with the remote application; populate the login request message with the identified confidential data; transmit the populated login request message to the remote application; receive a login response message from the remote application upon successful login; and transmit the login response message to the browser application, wherein only the isolated execution environment can read and write to the secure memory storage.

Abstract: In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for maintaining trusted time at a client computing device including, for example, executing a computer program within a client device; initiating a call from the computer program to a secure time service of the client device requesting a trusted time stamp; retrieving, via the secure time service of the client device, a protected time from protected clock hardware of the client device; generating, at the secure time service of the client device, the trusted time stamp by signing the protected time retrieved from the protected clock hardware of the client device; and returning the trusted time stamp to the computer program. Other related embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of processor cores. The processor cores may comprise one or more application processor (AP) cores and a boot strap processor (BSP) core. A basic input/output system (BIOS) comprises an I/O device module to call a stall function in response to an I/O operation, a power management module that couples to the I/O device and a timer module that couples to the power management module. The power management module is to adjust a timer period of the timer module based on a stall delay of the stall function. The power management module may hook the stall function and compare the stall delay with a predetermined threshold and set the timer period to the stall delay in response to determining that the stall delay is longer. The power management module may put the BSP in a sleep mode during the timer period to save power.