Abstract: An air mover external to a mobile computing device provides enhanced cooling to the device by generating forced air delivered to the device via cooling channels connected to openings in the device chassis. If the mobile computing device is passively cooled (is a fanless device), the enhanced cooling can enable the device or device components to operate at a higher power consumption level without exceeding device/component thermal limits or for features that consume high amounts of power (e.g., fast charging) to be incorporated into the device. The air mover can be integrated into or attached to a cable that provides power to the mobile computing device. The air mover can be powered by the cable. The air mover can dynamically adjust the flow rate of the forced air based on device/component performance information (temperature, power consumption, current consumption) or operational state information of the device.

Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for the use of memory including a data table configured to store a plurality of elements, wherein the plurality of elements are arranged into a plurality of buckets and each of the plurality of buckets comprising a plurality of entries. A first power domain can be associated with an entry of each bucket or with a first bucket. A second power domain can be associated with a second entry of each bucket or a second bucket. Processing logic can be configured to search for a particular value stored in an element of the plurality of elements by selecting buckets of the plurality of buckets and selecting at least one entry of each of the buckets. A programmable register can be used to select a powered state of the second power domain based on a configuration of the programmable register.

Abstract: A convertible mobile compute device comprises a lid, a base, and a hinge assembly coupled to the lid and the base. The hinge assembly includes a lid hinge bracket secured to the lid and configured to rotate about a lid hinge axis. The hinge assembly also includes a base hinge bracket secured to the base and configured to rotate about a base hinge axis. The lid hinge axis is offset from a centerline axis defined by the lid, and the base hinge axis is offset from a centerline axis defined by the base. As described herein, the offsetting of the hinge axes provides for a smaller a lid-to-base gap when the convertible mobile compute device is positioned in a closed mode relative to when the convertible mobile compute device is positioned in a tablet mode.

Abstract: A plurality of attributes associated with a user of an account making a request is determined based on the received request. One or more operations to grant the user access to the one or more resources of the second account are determined based on the attributes. Access is provided to one or more resources of the second account according to the one or more operations to fulfill the request.

Abstract: A convertible mobile compute device comprises a lid, a base, and a hinge assembly coupled to the lid and the base. The hinge assembly includes a lid hinge bracket secured to the lid and configured to rotate about a lid hinge axis. The hinge assembly also includes a base hinge bracket secured to the base and configured to rotate about a base hinge axis. The lid hinge axis is offset from a centerline axis defined by the lid, and the base hinge axis is offset from a centerline axis defined by the base. As described herein, the offsetting of the hinge axes provides for a smaller a lid-to-base gap when the convertible mobile compute device is positioned in a closed mode relative to when the convertible mobile compute device is positioned in a tablet mode.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer system (e.g., a notebook computer) includes a lid with a display and a base coupled to the lid at one end of the base. The base defines one or more openings proximate to the end at which the lid is coupled to the base, and the computer system further includes a solid panel positioned proximate to the openings in the base such that the panel partially blocks the openings of the base. The position of the solid panel with respect to the openings of the base is based on a position of the lid with respect to the base.

Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that includes a hybrid keyboard. The keyboard can include a first portion of keys with a first key travel and a second portion of keys with a second key travel. The second key travel is less than the first key travel and a support plate can be raised under the second portion of keys and cause the second portion of keys to have the second key travel. In an example, a heat pipe or some other component can be located under the raised support plate and second portion of keys with the second key travel.

Abstract: A packet processor or packet processing pipeline may implement programmatic selection of load balancing output for forwarding paths. Programmatic selection for load balancing among forwarding paths may be enabled or disabled at one or more stages. If programmatic selection is enabled when network packets are received, a programmatically identified path may be provided as the selected path of a load balancing scheme at a stage. Forwarding of the packet may then be performed according to the selected path.

Abstract: Power management of a routing table, which comprises a plurality of hash tables, is provided by supporting various power domain configurations. Each power domain configuration can be associated with a different number of power domains than other power domain configurations. Each power domain can add vertical capacity to the entire routing table by adding a fixed number of buckets to each of the hash tables. Efficient power management can be achieved by switching between a lower power domain configuration and a higher power domain configuration during runtime based on the dynamic load conditions.

Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a fan where the fan blades are decoupled from the center shaft. The fan can include a center shaft, a motor coil support, motor coils coupled to the motor coil support, a rotator coupled to the center shaft, and fan blades coupled to the rotator, where rotation of the fan blades is decoupled from the center shaft by the rotator. A blade support can be coupled to the rotator, where the blade support couples the fan blades to the rotator and magnets can be coupled to the blade support. In an example, the rotator can include an inner, an outer race, and bearings.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques regarding interfaces, each configured to output network packets. The techniques can regard a memory for storing multipath groups, virtual output queues, and a histogram table for storing statistical information associated with network packets to be output by interfaces. The techniques can include generating a shared-interface list including a member that represents a union of interfaces of at least some of the multipath groups, wherein the multipath groups of the member share at least one of the interfaces. The techniques can include associating the histogram table with the member. The techniques can include collecting the statistical information pertaining to network packets indicated by information stored in one of the virtual output queues, populating the histogram table with the statistical information, and determining that one of the interfaces is congested based on the statistical information.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages with improved thermal performance. In an embodiment, the electronic package comprises a first package substrate, a first die stack over the first package substrate, and a heat spreader over the first die stack. In an embodiment, the heat spreader comprises arms that extend out past sidewalls of the first package substrate. In an embodiment, the electronic package further comprises an interposer over and around the heat spreader, where the interposer is electrically coupled to the first package substrate by a plurality of interconnects. In an embodiment, the electronic package further comprises a second package substrate over the interposer, and a second die over the second package substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques regarding interfaces, each configured to output network packets. The techniques can include a memory storing a first multipath group associated with the interfaces and a routing table containing routes to the first multipath group. The techniques can further include congestion detection logic configured to determine that an interface of the first multipath group is congested from a flow of network packets, the flow of network packets directed to the first multipath group from a route of the routing table. The techniques can additionally include congestion avoidance logic configured to, upon determining that the interface of the first multipath group is congested, dissociate the route from the first multipath group and associate the route with a second multipath group, the second multipath group associated with the interfaces of the first multipath group.

Abstract: Packet processors or other devices with packet processing pipelines may implement pipelined evaluations of algorithmic forwarding route lookups. As network packets are received, a destination address for the network packets may be divided into different possible prefix lengths and corresponding entries in a routing table for the different possible prefix lengths may be determined according to a hash scheme for the routing table. The entry values may be read from the routing table and evaluated at subsequent stages to identify the entry with a longest prefix match with respect to the destination address for the network packet. The routing table may include entries for different types of network packets and may be configured to include virtual routing and forwarding for network packets.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed regarding receiving a plurality of flows of network packets and determining, by processing logic of a device, a hash value for each of the network packets of the flows, wherein the hash value indicates the flow of network packets that a network packet belongs to. Based on the hash value, one of a plurality of interface ports of a multipath group of the device can be selected for output of network packets from two of the flows of network packets. Network packets from the two flows of network packets to be output by the interface port can be stored. Upon determining that a number of packets stored from the one of the two flows of network packets meets a first threshold, one of the two flows of network packets can be identified as a congestion contributing flow.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed regarding interfaces, each configured to output network packets. The techniques can include a memory storing a first multipath group associated with the interfaces and a routing table, containing a first route to the first multipath group. The techniques can also include congestion detection logic configured to determine that an interface of the first multipath group is congested. The techniques can additionally include congestion avoidance logic configured to, upon determining that the interface of the first multipath group is congested, generate a second route in the routing table to a second multipath group associated with the interfaces of the first multipath group, wherein the second route diverts a flow of network packets from the first multipath group to the second multipath group.

Abstract: Entropy in routing tables may be increase to perform packet forwarding. Hash tables that store forwarding routes may be divided into multiple hash table segments. Forwarding routes may be stored across the hash table segments in different route segments. When looking up route segments to identify a forwarding route for a destination address of a network packet, digest values generated for previous route segments may be used to determine hash key values to identify hash table entries in a different hash table segment. The forwarding route may be identified according to the hash table entries located based on the digest values for previous route segments.

Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that includes a hybrid keyboard. The keyboard can include a first portion of keys with a first key travel and a second portion of keys with a second key travel. The second key travel is less than the first key travel and a support plate can be raised under the second portion of keys and cause the second portion of keys to have the second key travel. In an example, a heat pipe or some other component can be located under the raised support plate and second portion of keys with the second key travel.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for thermal management of electronic user devices are disclosed herein. An example electronic device disclosed herein includes a housing, a fan, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a processor to at least one of analyze first sensor data generated by the first sensor to detect a presence of a subject proximate to the electronic device or analyze second sensor data generated by the second sensor to detect a gesture of the subject, and adjust one or more of an acoustic noise level generated the fan or a temperature of an exterior surface of the housing based on one or more of the presence of the subject or the gesture.

Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a first housing, a second housing, where the second housing includes a fan, an inlet, and actuators, and a hinge, where the hinge rotatably couples the first housing to the second housing. When the first housing is rotated over the inlet, the actuators lower the inlet to create a gap between the inlet and the first housing. In some examples, the inlet includes slats and when the first housing is rotated over the inlet, a distance between each of the slats increases from a first distance to a second distance.