Abstract: A multi wheeled vehicle includes: a body frame that includes a head pipe; a conversion assembly that includes an electric machine operatively connected to a transmission assembly; and a housing configured to accommodate at least one electronic component and at least one electrochemical cell, the housing being attached to the electric machine, the conversion assembly being mounted to a front lower portion of the body frame by means of one or more engine mounting brackets, and the conversion assembly being disposed below a fuel tank with at least a portion of the conversion assembly being overlapping a side cover of the multi wheeled vehicle in a vehicle side view.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for a system for managing data in accordance with service level agreements (SLAs) that specify schedules on a calendar basis for performing prescribed data management functions and for reducing inter-function redundancy. This system may include a data management engine for performing data management functions, including at least a snapshot function, and at least one back-up function. The data management engine may include a service level policy engine that receives SLAs in electronic form and which controls the scheduling of the data management functions. Each electronic SLA may be associated with a corresponding application and may specify at least one service level policy, each policy specifying a source pool, a destination pool, a copy frequency, a retention period and schedule information. A collection of policies is capable of expressing a non-uniform schedule for when a given function should be performed.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing a plurality of prescribed data management functions in a manner that reduces redundant access operations to primary storage, where the system includes a data management engine for performing data management functions, including at least a snapshot function and a back-up function. An electronic service level agreement (SLA) specifies a schedule for performing data management functions, where point-in-time images of data include a reference to a baseline image and difference data indicating changes at a later, specific point in time. The data management system also creates a point-in-time image of the primary storage data in response to a schedule requiring some data management functions to be performed concurrently, and communicates the difference information to secondary storage to update the back-up copy of the primary data, such that the primary storage is accessed only once for all updates to the secondary storage.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing a plurality of prescribed data management functions in a manner that reduces redundant access operations to primary storage, where the system includes a data management engine for performing data management functions, including at least a snapshot function and a back-up function. An electronic service level agreement (SLA) specifies a schedule for performing data management functions, where point-in-time images of data include a reference to a baseline image and difference data indicating changes at a later, specific point in time. The data management system also creates a point-in-time image of the primary storage data in response to a schedule requiring some data management functions to be performed concurrently, and communicates the difference information to secondary storage to update the back-up copy of the primary data, such that the primary storage is accessed only once for all updates to the secondary storage.

Abstract: Methods and systems for backing up data in network attached storage such that data in the network attached storage can be backed up without a backup device attached directly to the network attached storage. A series of successive copy operations are scheduled over time of at least one file system associated with at least one network attached storage server. At least one virtual disk is presented to a backup proxy for copying the at least one file system from the backup proxy to the at least one virtual disk for a first backup from the series of successive copy operations of the at least one file system.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing a plurality of prescribed data management functions in a manner that reduces redundant access operations to primary storage, where the system includes a data management engine for performing data management functions, including at least a snapshot function and a back-up function. An electronic service level agreement (SLA) specifies a schedule for performing data management functions, where point-in-time images of data include a reference to a baseline image and difference data indicating changes at a later, specific point in time. The data management system also creates a point-in-time image of the primary storage data in response to a schedule requiring some data management functions to be performed concurrently, and communicates the difference information to secondary storage to update the back-up copy of the primary data, such that the primary storage is accessed only once for all updates to the secondary storage.

Abstract: Methods and associated structures of forming a microelectronic device are described. Those methods may include forming a source/drain region in an NMOS portion of a substrate, wherein the source/drain region of the NMOS portion comprises at least one dislocation, and wherein a PMOS source/drain region in a PMOS portion of the substrate does not comprise a dislocation.

Abstract: A method for improving the reliability of a high-k gate dielectric layer comprises incorporating a noble metal into a transistor gate stack that contains the high-k gate dielectric layer and annealing the transistor gate stack in a molecular hydrogen or deuterium containing atmosphere. The annealing process drives at least a portion of the molecular hydrogen or deuterium toward the high-k gate dielectric layer. When the molecular hydrogen or deuterium contacts the noble metal, it is converted into atomic hydrogen or deuterium that is able to treat the high-k gate dielectric layer and improve its reliability.

Abstract: A method for improving the reliability of a high-k gate dielectric layer comprises incorporating a noble metal into a transistor gate stack that contains the high-k gate dielectric layer and annealing the transistor gate stack in a molecular hydrogen or deuterium containing atmosphere. The annealing process drives at least a portion of the molecular hydrogen or deuterium toward the high-k gate dielectric layer. When the molecular hydrogen or deuterium contacts the noble metal, it is converted into atomic hydrogen or deuterium that is able to treat the high-k gate dielectric layer and improve its reliability.

Abstract: Methods and associated structures of forming a microelectronic device are described. Those methods may include forming a source/drain region in an NMOS portion of a substrate, wherein the source/drain region of the NMOS portion comprises at least one dislocation, and wherein a PMOS source/drain region in a PMOS portion of the substrate does not comprise a dislocation.

Abstract: Methods and associated structures of forming a microelectronic device are described. Those methods may include forming a source/drain region in an NMOS portion of a substrate, wherein the source/drain region of the NMOS portion comprises at least one dislocation, and wherein a PMOS source/drain region in a PMOS portion of the substrate does not comprise a dislocation.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing a plurality of prescribed data management functions in a manner that reduces redundant access operations to primary storage, where the system includes a data management engine for performing data management functions, including at least a snapshot function and a back-up function. An electronic service level agreement (SLA) specifies a schedule for performing data management functions, where point-in-time images of data include a reference to a baseline image and difference data indicating changes at a later, specific point in time. The data management system also creates a point-in-time image of the primary storage data in response to a schedule requiring some data management functions to be performed concurrently, and communicates the difference information to secondary storage to update the back-up copy of the primary data, such that the primary storage is accessed only once for all updates to the secondary storage.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for a system for managing data in accordance with service level agreements (SLAs) that specify schedules on a calendar basis for performing prescribed data management functions and for reducing inter-function redundancy. This system may include a data management engine for performing data management functions, including at least a snapshot function, and at least one back-up function. The data management engine may include a service level policy engine that receives SLAs in electronic form and which controls the scheduling of the data management functions. Each electronic SLA may be associated with a corresponding application and may specify at least one service level policy, each policy specifying a source pool, a destination pool, a copy frequency, a retention period and schedule information. A collection of policies is capable of expressing a non-uniform schedule for when a given function should be performed.

Abstract: A method for analyzing management risk of a computer network includes selecting a portion of a storage system, determining a first downtime cost associated with a component included in the portion of the storage system, assigning the first downtime cost to the component, and disseminating the assigning of the downtime cost to a user.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a fin and a metal gate film. The fin is formed on a surface of a semiconductor material. The metal gate film formed on the fin and comprises ions implanted in the metal gate film to form a compressive stress within the metal gate. In one exemplary embodiment, the surface of the semiconductor material comprises a (100) crystalline lattice orientation, and an orientation of the fin is along a <100> direction with respect to the crystalline lattice of the semiconductor. In another exemplary embodiment, the surface of the semiconductor material comprises a (100) crystalline lattice orientation, and the orientation of the fin is along a <110> direction with respect to the crystalline lattice of the semiconductor. The fin comprises an out-of-plane compression that is generated by the compressive stress within the metal gate film.

Abstract: A device is annealed in a deuterium atmosphere. Deuterium penetrates the device to a boundary, which is passivated by the deuterium.

Abstract: Methods and associated structures of forming a microelectronic device are described. Those methods may include forming a source/drain region in an NMOS portion of a substrate, wherein the source/drain region of the NMOS portion comprises at least one dislocation, and wherein a PMOS source/drain region in a PMOS portion of the substrate does not comprise a dislocation.

Abstract: A device is annealed in a deuterium atmosphere. Deuterium penetrates the device to a boundary, which is passivated by the deuterium.

Abstract: A method for constraining access to a storage system includes assigning a permanent bus identification to a storage device included in the storage system, creating a zone including a switch and the storage device included in the storage system such that data only passes to the storage device from the switch, and restricting access to the storage device from a server included in the storage system.

Abstract: A method for characterizing a data path in a computer system includes collecting data from a software application, the data represents a data path between the software application and a storage system, collecting data from the storage system, the data represents the data path between the software application and the storage system, selecting the data path between the software application and the storage system, and determining a characterization measure of the selected data path.