Abstract: An example method of configuring an entitlement service that manages entitlement of software in a virtualized computing system includes: receiving, at a plug-in of the entitlement service, software component data that specifies a component type and offerings of the component type, the offerings associated with feature sets, the entitlement service executing on a cloud platform in the virtualized computing system; storing, by the plug-in, the software component data in a database; and notifying, by the plug-in, the entitlement service to support entitlement of components of the software having the component type.

Abstract: A docking station includes a network interface controller, a processor, and an output interface controller. The processor is connected to the network interface controller and the output interface controller. The network interface controller receives an operation instruction from an external control device and correspondingly translates the instruction into a communication protocol message. The processor correspondingly writes the communication protocol message into the memory of the processor to update the firmware of the docking station; or the processor correspondingly transmits the communication protocol message to the output interface controller, so that the output interface controller converts the communication protocol message into a display setting instruction and transmits the display setting instruction to display device so as to adjust display parameter of the display device.

Abstract: An example method of distributed load balancing in a virtualized computing system includes: configuring, at a logical load balancer, a traffic detector to detect traffic to a virtual internet protocol address (VIP) of an application having a plurality of instances; detecting, at the traffic detector, a first request to the VIP from a client executing in a virtual machine (VM) supported by a hypervisor executing on a first host; sending, by a configuration distributor of the logical load balancer in response to the detecting, a load balancer configuration to a configuration receiver of a local load balancer executing in the hypervisor for configuring the local load balancer to perform load balancing for the VIP at the hypervisor using the load balancer configuration.

Abstract: A display control system includes a remote control device and a smart device. The remote control device transmits a control command. The smart device is paired with the remote control device to receive the control command. The smart device transmits a display control command to a display device according to the control command, thereby adjusting a display parameter of the display device. The smart device is connected to the display device through a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI). The smart device transmits the display control command to the display device through the HDMI and a Display Data Channel (DDC) and in compliance with a Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) Monitor Control Command Set (MCCS) standard.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed herein to center a steering wheel. An example vehicle includes a steering assistance system, an axle including a wheel, memory, and a processor to execute instructions to identify a first position of the wheel, detect a request to move the wheel to a second position, adjust the wheel from the first position to the second position via the steering assistance system, disengage the steering assistance system, the disengagement of the steering assistance system to cause the wheel to move to a third position, the third position offset from the second position by an angular offset in a first direction, adjust the wheel to a fourth position, the fourth position offset from the second position by the angular offset in a second direction different than the first direction, and disengage the steering assistance system, the disengagement of the steering assistance system to cause the wheel to move to the second position.

Abstract: One example provides a method that includes directing a laser beam at a first side surface of a semiconductor substrate at an entry point along a respective scribe street thereof. The substrate includes a plurality of dies having circuitry at the first side surface and separated from one another by respective scribe streets. The laser beam is focused within the substrate to form a modified region and a crack extending from the modified region towards at least one of the first and second side surfaces. The modified region is closer to the first side surface than a second side surface that is opposite the first side surface. The method also includes applying tape on the first side surface after directing the laser beam, and backgrinding to reduce a thickness of the substrate from the second side surface and provide a thinned second side surface that intersects an extension of the crack.

Abstract: Example methods and systems for validation-based service request handling are described. In one example, a computer system may obtain, from a management entity, configuration information specifying a unicast service address associated with a service node capable of providing a network service. In response to detecting a service request from the virtualized computing instance, the computer system may generate a modified service request that (a) is destined for the unicast service address and (b) includes a validation identifier (ID) associated with the virtualized computing instance. The modified service request may be forwarded towards the service node to cause the service node to perform validation based on the validation ID to determine whether to provide the network service. In response to detecting a service response from the service node, the service response, or a modified service response, may be forwarded towards the virtualized computing instance.

Abstract: A photographing lens assembly in order from an object side to an image side comprises a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. Each of the four lens elements has an object-side surface facing the object side and an image-side surface facing the image side. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The image-side surface of the fourth lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof. An axial distance between the object-side surface of the first lens element and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is TD, an axial distance between the image-side surface of the fourth lens element and an image surface at d-line reference wavelength is BLd, an Abbe number of the fourth lens element at d-line reference wavelength is V4d, and 1.0<TD/BLd<2.4 and 10.0<V4d<24.0 are satisfied.

Abstract: A resource sharing method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: A first apparatus notifies a second apparatus of a frequency domain resource of a first initial bandwidth part (BWP) in a candidate shared resource, where the frequency domain resource of the first initial BWP is not shared between the first apparatus and the second apparatus; the second apparatus notifies the first apparatus of a frequency domain resource of a second initial BWP in the candidate shared resource, where the frequency domain resource of the second initial BWP is not shared between the second apparatus and the first apparatus; and the first apparatus notifies the second apparatus of a resource that is in the candidate shared resource and that is expected by the first apparatus to be used for data transmission.

Abstract: An operation method of a direct memory access (DMA) circuit comprising a buffer circuit and two channels includes following steps: determining first and second start addresses from the buffer circuit respectively according to first and second read requests of first and second channels that respectively correspond to first and second data; determining a read address according to the first start address and a read count; reading a first part of the first data from the buffer circuit according to the read address and updating the read count; reading at least one part of the second data from the buffer circuit according to the second start address after reading the first part of the first data; updating the read address according to the first start address and the updated read count; and reading a second part of the first data from the buffer circuit according to the updated read address.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system, a method and a computer-readable medium for tagging live streaming data. The method includes generating a first intermediate tag for the live streaming program, generating a second intermediate tag for the live streaming program, and determining a final tag for the live streaming program according to the first intermediate tag and the second intermediate tag. The present disclosure can categorize contents in a more granular and precise way.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed herein to center a steering wheel. An example vehicle includes a steering assistance system, an axle including a wheel, memory, and a processor to execute instructions to identify a first position of the wheel, detect a request to move the wheel to a second position, adjust the wheel from the first position to the second position via the steering assistance system, disengage the steering assistance system, the disengagement of the steering assistance system to cause the wheel to move to a third position, the third position offset from the second position by an angular offset in a first direction, adjust the wheel to a fourth position, the fourth position offset from the second position by the angular offset in a second direction different than the first direction, and disengage the steering assistance system, the disengagement of the steering assistance system to cause the wheel to move to the second position.

Abstract: There is provided a solution for rendering a transparent polyhedron. In a method, obtaining reflected light colors of respective positions on a back face of the transparent polyhedron; sampling on a background image or an ambient map according to the refracted light directions of respective positions on the back face to obtain refracted light colors; obtaining colors of respective positions on the back face according to the reflected light colors and the refracted light colors of respective positions on the back face; obtaining colors of respective positions on a front face of the transparent polyhedron; weighted-mixing the colors of respective positions on the back face and the colors of respective positions on the front face according to a first weighting coefficient to obtain rendering colors of respective positions of the transparent polyhedron; rendering the transparent polyhedron according to the rendering colors of respective positions of the transparent polyhedron.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a gate structure on a substrate, forming recesses adjacent to two sides of the gate structure, forming a buffer layer in the recesses, forming a first linear bulk layer on the buffer layer, forming a second linear bulk layer on the first linear bulk layer, forming a bulk layer on the second linear bulk layer, and forming a cap layer on the bulk layer.

Abstract: An example method of distributed load balancing in a virtualized computing system includes: configuring, at a logical load balancer, a traffic detector to detect traffic to a virtual internet protocol address (VIP) of an application having a plurality of instances; detecting, at the traffic detector, a first request to the VIP from a client executing in a virtual machine (VM) supported by a hypervisor executing on a first host; sending, by a configuration distributor of the logical load balancer in response to the detecting, a load balancer configuration to a configuration receiver of a local load balancer executing in the hypervisor for configuring the local load balancer to perform load balancing for the VIP at the hypervisor using the load balancer configuration.

Abstract: Example methods and systems for validation-based service request handling are described. In one example, a computer system may obtain, from a management entity, configuration information specifying a unicast service address associated with a service node capable of providing a network service. In response to detecting a service request from the virtualized computing instance, the computer system may generate a modified service request that (a) is destined for the unicast service address and (b) includes a validation identifier (ID) associated with the virtualized computing instance. The modified service request may be forwarded towards the service node to cause the service node to perform validation based on the validation ID to determine whether to provide the network service. In response to detecting a service response from the service node, the service response, or a modified service response, may be forwarded towards the virtualized computing instance.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of processing a semiconductor substrate in a processing chamber, such as a chemical vapor deposition chamber. The chemical vapor deposition chamber includes a spindle mechanism that cooperates with one or more carrier ring forks to move the semiconductor substrate from one station to another station. The methods include monitoring one or more spindle operation parameters and carrying out one or more maintenance steps on the spindle mechanism based on the results of monitoring the one or more spindle operation parameters. The monitored spindle operation parameters provide an indication of undesirable vibration of the semiconductor substrates in the processing chamber. The vibration of the semiconductor substrates in the processing chamber is undesirable because it promotes generation of unwanted particles that deposit onto a surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system, a method and a computer-readable medium for tagging live streaming data. The method includes generating a first intermediate tag for the live streaming program, generating a second intermediate tag for the live streaming program, and determining a final tag for the live streaming program according to the first intermediate tag and the second intermediate tag. The present disclosure can categorize contents in a more granular and precise way.

Abstract: A computing device is coupled to an external memory and includes a first computing core and a second computing core. The first computing core includes a broadcasting circuit and is configured to obtain a target data from the external memory, store the target data in the broadcasting circuit, and use the target data to perform convolution operations. The second calculation core is configured to read the target data from the broadcasting circuit and use the target data to perform convolution operations.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a gate structure on a substrate, forming recesses adjacent to two sides of the gate structure, forming a buffer layer in the recesses, forming a first linear bulk layer on the buffer layer, forming a second linear bulk layer on the first linear bulk layer, forming a bulk layer on the second linear bulk layer, and forming a cap layer on the bulk layer.