Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for providing local screen data of a source device, such as a personal computer, to a sink device, such as a television, game console, or home theatre system, at a rate determined by the sink device. In one example, the method and apparatus responds to requests from the sink device to provide local screen data by serving the local screen data to the sink device from a circular buffer. The local screen data is written to the circular buffer in FIFO order based on the requests from the sink device, and read from the circular buffer based on the requests.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for providing local screen data of a source device, such as a personal computer, to a sink device, such as a television, game console, or home theatre system, at a rate determined by the sink device. In one example, the method and apparatus responds to requests from the sink device to provide local screen data by serving the local screen data to the sink device from a circular buffer. The local screen data is written to the circular buffer in FIFO order based on the requests from the sink device, and read from the circular buffer based on the requests.

Abstract: An architecture for a power supply with an integrated UPS control system to which generic batteries may be connected. Such an architecture greatly reduces the overall cost, complexity, size and inefficiency of providing uninterruptible power to a device such as a computer system.

Abstract: A method for providing an integrated circuit with an option of increasing performance after fabrication is disclosed. The method includes performing a performance increase operation which increases the performance of the integrated circuit from a first performance level to a second performance level after the integrated circuit is fabricated.

Abstract: A configurable performance module for use in an integrated circuit. The configurable performance module includes a performance control circuit which controls a performance level of the integrated circuit to enable changing the performance level of the integrated circuit from a first performance level to a second performance level after manufacturing of the integrated circuit is complete.

Abstract: An architecture for a power supply with an integrated UPS control system to which generic batteries may be connected. Such an architecture greatly reduces the overall cost, complexity, size and inefficiency of providing uninterruptible power to a device such as a computer system.

Abstract: A method for providing an integrated circuit with an option of increasing performance after fabrication is disclosed. The method includes performing a performance increase operation which increases the performance of the integrated circuit from a first performance level to a second performance level after the integrated circuit is fabricated.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit. The method includes fabricating the integrated circuit, the integrated circuit being fabricated to operate at a first performance level; sorting the integrated circuit to a second performance level; locking the integrated circuit to operate at the second performance level when manufacturing the integrated circuit, the integrated circuit being configured to be unlocked to operate at the first performance level.

Abstract: A scanning optical system is disclosed. The system consists of a spatial light modulator with minimum diffraction effects that can be scanned line by line, a detector appropriate to the application and appropriate optics. One application of such a system is in the infrared realm. The disclosure eliminates the need for a spinning mirror that is standard is infrared scanning systems. Another application is in photocopying. Using a line scanning device, such as a membrane deformable mirror device, eliminates the need for a moving light bar.