Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for facilitating accomplishing tasks based on a natural language conversation. Accordingly, the system may include a direct graph unit. Further, the direct graph unit may include a directed graph. Further, the directed graph models a non-linearity of the natural language conversation. Further, the directed graph may include a set of nodes connected by at least one edge. Further, the system may include a context-encoded language understanding unit may include a learning unit and an inferring unit. Further, the learning unit may be configured for receiving a plurality of inputs. Further, the learning unit may be configured for generating a model based on the plurality of inputs. Further, the inferring unit may be configured for receiving a plurality of inputs. Further, the inferring unit may be configured for generating an output based on the plurality of inputs and the model.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for facilitating accomplishing tasks based on a natural language conversation. Accordingly, the system may include a direct graph unit. Further, the direct graph unit may include a directed graph. Further, the directed graph models a non-linearity of the natural language conversation. Further, the directed graph may include a set of nodes connected by at least one edge. Further, the system may include a context-encoded language understanding unit may include a learning unit and an inferring unit. Further, the learning unit may be configured for receiving a plurality of inputs. Further, the learning unit may be configured for generating a model based on the plurality of inputs. Further, the inferring unit may be configured for receiving a plurality of inputs. Further, the inferring unit may be configured for generating an output based on the plurality of inputs and the model.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a signal processing method, apparatus, and system. In M user equipments, an active set Ki and an interference set K?i of a user equipment i are determined according to power measurement values from the user equipment i to N sites; for the active set Ki of the user equipment i, superposition of sent signals of all other user equipments j of all active sites ki are cancelled out with each other, to obtain one constraint condition of a weight, and for the M user equipments, M constraint conditions are obtained, and a weight subspace T is determined; and one weight is determined in the weight subspace according to an interfering signal of another user equipment j for the user equipment i in the interference set K?i of the user equipment i and a wanted signal of the user equipment i in the active set Ki of the user equipment i.

Abstract: A network element (NE) comprising a receiver configured to couple to a cloud network; and a multi-core central processing unit (CPU) coupled to the receiver and configured to receive a first partition configuration from an orchestration element, partition a plurality of processor cores into a plurality of processor core partitions according to the first partition configuration, and initiate a plurality of virtual basic input/output systems (vBIOSs) such that each vBIOS manages a processor core partition.

Abstract: There discloses a ubiquitous energy network for optimum utilization of energy, which includes nodes connected by an interconnected network architecture of virtual pipelines transferring a ubiquitous energy flow, with the ubiquitous energy flow being transferred among the nodes bi-directionally. The node includes a system energy efficiency controller, and at least one of other nodes, an energy generation device, an energy storage device, an energy utilization device, and an energy regeneration device connected to the controller. The controller controls the input and output of the ubiquitous energy flow of the at least one of the other nodes, the energy generation device, the energy storage device, the energy utilization device, the energy regeneration device. Furthermore, the node, an access terminal, a virtual tag, and the virtual pipeline of the ubiquitous energy network, and a server and method for providing energy transaction and service by the ubiquitous energy network are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a signal processing method, apparatus, and system. In M user equipments, an active set Ki and an interference set K?i of a user equipment i are determined according to power measurement values from the user equipment i to N sites; for the active set Ki of the user equipment i, superposition of sent signals of all other user equipments j of all active sites ki are cancelled out with each other, to obtain one constraint condition of a weight, and for the M user equipments, M constraint conditions are obtained, and a weight subspace T is determined; and one weight is determined in the weight subspace according to an interfering signal of another user equipment j for the user equipment i in the interference set K?i of the user equipment i and a wanted signal of the user equipment i in the active set Ki of the user equipment i.

Abstract: A network element (NE) comprising a receiver configured to couple to a cloud network; and a multi-core central processing unit (CPU) coupled to the receiver and configured to receive a first partition configuration from an orchestration element, partition a plurality of processor cores into a plurality of processor core partitions according to the first partition configuration, and initiate a plurality of virtual basic input/output systems (vBIOSs) such that each vBIOS manages a processor core partition.

Abstract: There discloses a ubiquitous energy network for optimum utilization of energy, which includes nodes connected by an interconnected network architecture of virtual pipelines transferring a ubiquitous energy flow, with the ubiquitous energy flow being transferred among the nodes bi-directionally. The node includes a system energy efficiency controller, and at least one of other nodes, an energy generation device, an energy storage device, an energy utilization device, and an energy regeneration device connected to the controller. The controller controls the input and output of the ubiquitous energy flow of the at least one of the other nodes, the energy generation device, the energy storage device, the energy utilization device, the energy regeneration device. Furthermore, the node, an access terminal, a virtual tag, and the virtual pipeline of the ubiquitous energy network, and a server and method for providing energy transaction and service by the ubiquitous energy network are disclosed.

Abstract: A method of performing pressure calibration in a chamber during a waterless dry plasma cleaning process is provided, wherein the chamber is used to perform a wafer contact etch. First, the chamber is placed on-line. Next, pressure calibration is performed using a gas. A first waferless dry plasma cleaning process is performed while maintaining pressure stability in the chamber. The wafer contact etch is then performed followed by a second waterless dry plasma cleaning process. The chamber remains on-line during the entire process.

Abstract: A process is implemented to form a contact opening in a semiconductor device that includes a gate electrode on a substrate, a spacer on a sidewall of the gate electrode and a dielectric material covering the gate electrode. The process comprises forming a photoresist pattern on a surface of the dielectric material, etching the dielectric material until the bottom liner layer is exposed, forming a protective layer on a sidewall of the spacer while etching the dielectric material, and etching the bottom liner layer.