Abstract: A programmable switch includes an input arbiter to analyze packet headers of incoming packets and determine which of the incoming packets are part of gradient vectors received from worker computing devices that are performing reinforcement learning. The programmable switch also includes an accelerator coupled to the input arbiter, the accelerator to: receive the incoming packets from the input arbiter; asynchronously aggregate gradient values of the incoming packets, as the gradient values are received, to generate an aggregated data packet associated with a gradient segment of the gradient vectors; and transfer the aggregated data packet to the input arbiter to be transmitted to the worker computing devices, which are to update local weights based on the aggregated data packet.

Abstract: A segmentation method and segmentation apparatus are provided, where the segmentation method includes receiving image frames comprising a current frame and an adjacent frame to the current frame, determining a feature map to aggregate the image frames based on temporal information between the current frame and the adjacent frame, extracting a feature of a region of interest (ROI) corresponding to instances included in the current frame from the feature map, predicting a class of an object corresponding to the ROI based on the feature of the ROI, and segmenting the instances by correcting an amodal mask predicted corresponding to the class of the object based on the feature of the ROI.

Abstract: A distributed network includes a first group of computing devices. Each computing device is to be coupled to two neighbor computing devices of the first group of computing device and is to: (i) aggregate gradient values received from a first neighbor computing device with local gradient values to generate a partial aggregate of gradient values that are to train a neural network model; (ii) transfer the partial aggregate of gradient values to a second neighbor computing device; and repeat (i) and (ii) until a first aggregate of gradient values from the first group of computing devices is buffered at a first computing device of the first group of computing devices. The first computing device is to transfer the first aggregate of gradient values to a second group of computing devices of the distributed network for further aggregation.

Abstract: A programmable switch includes an input arbiter to analyze packet headers of incoming packets and determine which of the incoming packets are part of gradient vectors received from worker computing devices that are performing reinforcement learning. The programmable switch also includes an accelerator coupled to the input arbiter, the accelerator to: receive the incoming packets from the input arbiter; asynchronously aggregate gradient values of the incoming packets, as the gradient values are received, to generate an aggregated data packet associated with a gradient segment of the gradient vectors; and transfer the aggregated data packet to the input arbiter to be transmitted to the worker computing devices, which are to update local weights based on the aggregated data packet.

Abstract: A double-belt conveyor band with a continuously revolving conveyor band, the belt of which is supported on a band feeder and in connection with a steep segment on trough roller assemblies, and is supported flatly on the steep segment, as well as with a continuously revolving covering band. The belt is buckled in the conveyor seam for the formation of closed conveyor spaces, preferably between traction reinforcements positioned externally, the shear-resistant lateral reinforcements acting in cooperation therewith. The belt ends are pressed on one another and the longitudinal edges of the belt are held together. It is provided in accordance with the invention that, in order to hold together the belts on both longitudinal edges of the cover band, fasteners projecting externally are provided with opposing apertures to which the longitudinal edges of the conveyor belt, during the running of the trough roller assemblies, approach or move away from during the running of the conveyor belt.

Abstract: In a mobile mixer, preferably having counterrotational emptying, for building materials, in particular concrete, in a mixing drum (1) which, on its inner wall (9), has one or more flat elevators (11, 12) following a helix and extending from the closed drum base (2) to the drum opening (3), which elevators (11, 12) are driven about the drum axis during rotation of the mixing drum and push the building material to the front of the closed base (2) during transport and during mixing, with one or more flat sections (26, 27) which are helically curved about the mixing drum axis (4) being fixed for driving during the mixing drum rotation (5) in the mixing drum space enclosed by the elevators acting as mixing spirals (11, 12), which flat sections (26, 27) are arranged counterrotationally to the mixing spirals (11, 12) in such a way that, during the transport and during the mixing of the buiding material (13), they produce a counterflow in the building material filling core surrounded by the mixing spirals (11, 12).

Abstract: A valve structure for a viscous material pump having a material reservoir, a pair of alternately operable material conveying cylinders, discharge conduit means, and a valve control means coupled to the valve structure and to the material conveying cylinders. The valve structure has a pair of movable swivel pipes extending between the conveying cylinders and the discharge conduit means. Each of the swivel pipes has an opening movable over one of the conveying cylinders to receive the contents discharged therefrom and a plate movable over said one conveying cylinder to block same.

Abstract: A mixer for viscous material has a plurality of rotating knife impellers which coact with stationary breaking knives in a cylindrical housing. The cylindrical housing has a converging portion containing guide ribs, stationary knives, and guide paddles. The shaft, in the converging portion, mounts helical ribbon segments and thrust paddles.