Abstract: A heterogeneous computing system performs data synchronization. The heterogeneous computing system includes a system memory, a cluster, and a processing unit outside the cluster. The cluster includes a sync circuit, inner processors, and a snoop filter. The sync circuit is operative to receive a sync command indicating a sync address range. The sync command is issued by one of the processing unit and the inner processors. The sync circuit further determines whether addresses recorded in the snoop filter fall within the sync address range. In response to a determination that a recorded address falls within the sync address range, the sync circuit notifies a target one of the inner processors that owns a cache line having the recorded address to take a sync action on the cache line.

Abstract: A memory control method includes a processor initiating a memory access instruction to a cache controller to search a cache memory, an address detector checking if the memory access instruction is corresponding to predetermined conditions if a cache miss occurs, the address detector transmitting a signal to inform a replacement mask logic unit if the memory access instruction is corresponding to the predetermined conditions, and the replacement mask logic unit providing predetermined data to store the predetermined data into the cache memory.

Abstract: A water-filtration device filtrates water, has a main-filtration path and a bypassing-filtration path, and comprises a filter head, a water filter, a guiding assembly and an adjusting valve movably mounted at the filter head. The guiding assembly is mounted at the filter head and connected to the water filter. An O-ring of the adjusting valve can block an end of a bypassing portion of the guiding assembly. In the main-filtration path, water entering from a water inlet of the filter head does not pass through the bypassing portion, thereby completely passing through filter materials in a first filtrating room and a second filtrating room of the water filter. Water in the bypassing-filtration path passes through the bypassing portion and the filter material in the first filtrating room. The O-ring does not reach into the bypassing portion, thereby reducing wear and damage to the O-ring, and avoiding water leakage.

Abstract: A control circuit for an input device including a micro-switch is provided. The control circuit includes an input circuit, a receiver circuit, a control unit, and a detecting unit. The input circuit includes a first contact and a second contact for electrically connecting to the micro-switch. The receiver circuit includes a third contact and a fourth contact for electrically connecting to the micro-switch. The control unit is electrically connected to the first contact and the third contact for providing an input signal via the first contact to the micro-switch and receiving a switching signal from the micro-switch via the third contact. The detecting unit detects a voltage of the second contact to generate a detecting signal. The control unit receives the detecting signal to determine a type of the micro-switch.

Abstract: A system for compensating display data of an image includes a display, a processor, and control logic operatively coupled to the display and the processor. The display has a plurality of pixels. The processor includes a graphics pipeline configured to generate a set of original display data of the image for a plurality of frames. The processor also includes a pre-processing module configured to determine a still portion of the set of original display data, and generate a set of compensation data for the still portion of the set of original display data. The set of compensation data includes a plurality of sub-sets of compensation data for the plurality of frames. The processor also includes a data transmitter configured to transmit, in each one of the plurality of frames, a stream of display data including one of the plurality of sub-sets of the compensation data.

Abstract: A control circuit for an input device including a micro-switch is provided. The control circuit includes an input circuit, a receiver circuit, a control unit, and a detecting unit. The input circuit includes a first contact and a second contact for electrically connecting to the micro-switch. The receiver circuit includes a third contact and a fourth contact for electrically connecting to the micro-switch. The control unit is electrically connected to the first contact and the third contact for providing an input signal via the first contact to the micro-switch and receiving a switching signal from the micro-switch via the third contact. The detecting unit detects a voltage of the second contact to generate a detecting signal. The control unit receives the detecting signal to determine a type of the micro-switch.

Abstract: A grill device includes a first grill seat and a second grill seat movably connected to the first grill seat such that the second grill seat is movable between a closed position, where the second grill seat overlaps with the first grill seat in an up-and-down direction to define a grill space therebetween for accommodating a food to be grilled, and an opened position. The second grill seat has a fume collecting chamber which is disposed opposite to and in spatial communication with the grill space in the up-and-down direction when the second grill seat is in the closed position so that fumes generated during grilling are dissipated successfully and are spontaneously ventilated and exhausted without the need to provide a power activated impeller, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost and saving energy.

Abstract: Method and system for calibrating a plurality of voltages of a light-emitting element and a plurality of grayscale values of a respective pixel of the light-emitting element on a display panel are provided. The method may include determining a mapping correlation between the plurality of voltages of the light-emitting element and a plurality of luminance values of the light-emitting element, determining N grayscale values of the pixel, and determining N first luminance values each corresponding to the respective one of the N grayscale values. The method may also include determining N first voltages mapped to the N first luminance values using the mapping correlation and determining, of each one of the N first luminance values, (M?1) second luminance values. Each one of the (M?1) second luminance values may correspond to a different dimmed luminance value of the respective first luminance value.

Abstract: A pipelined processor for carrying out pipeline processing of instructions, which undergo a plurality of stages, is provided. The pipelined processor includes: a memory-activation indicator and a memory controller. The memory-activation indicator stores content information that indicates whether to activate a first volatile memory and/or a second volatile memory while performing a current instruction. The memory controller is arranged for controlling activation of the first volatile memory and/or the second volatile memory in a specific stage of the plurality of stages of the current instruction according to the content information stored in the memory-activation indicator.

Abstract: A system for compensating display data of an image includes a display, a processor, and control logic operatively coupled to the display and the processor. The display has a plurality of pixels. The processor includes a graphics pipeline configured to generate a set of original display data of the image for a plurality of frames. The processor also includes a pre-processing module configured to determine a still portion of the set of original display data, and generate a set of compensation data for the still portion of the set of original display data. The set of compensation data includes a plurality of sub-sets of compensation data for the plurality of frames. The processor also includes a data transmitter configured to transmit, in each one of the plurality of frames, a stream of display data including one of the plurality of sub-sets of the compensation data.

Abstract: A pipelined processor for carrying out pipeline processing of instructions, which undergo a plurality of stages, is provided. The pipelined processor includes: a memory-activation indicator and a memory controller. The memory-activation indicator stores content information that indicates whether to activate a first volatile memory and/or a second volatile memory while performing a current instruction. The memory controller is arranged for controlling activation of the first volatile memory and/or the second volatile memory in a specific stage of the plurality of stages of the current instruction according to the content information stored in the memory-activation indicator.

Abstract: Method and system for calibrating a plurality of voltages of a light-emitting element and a plurality of grayscale values of a respective pixel of the light-emitting element on a display panel are provided. The method may include determining a mapping correlation between the plurality of voltages of the light-emitting element and a plurality of luminance values of the light-emitting element, determining N grayscale values of the pixel, and determining N first luminance values each corresponding to the respective one of the N grayscale values. The method may also include determining N first voltages mapped to the N first luminance values using the mapping correlation and determining, of each one of the N first luminance values, (M?1) second luminance values. Each one of the (M?1) second luminance values may correspond to a different dimmed luminance value of the respective first luminance value.

Abstract: A grill device includes a first grill seat and a second grill seat movably connected to the first grill seat such that the second grill seat is movable between a closed position, where the second grill seat overlaps with the first grill seat in an up-and-down direction to define a grill space therebetween for accommodating a food to be grilled, and an opened position. The second grill seat has a fume collecting chamber which is disposed opposite to and in spatial communication with the grill space in the up-and-down direction when the second grill seat is in the closed position so that fumes generated during grilling are dissipated successfully and are spontaneously ventilated and exhausted without the need to provide a power activated impeller, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost and saving energy.

Abstract: An image processing method includes: dividing a frame into a plurality of image regions; analyzing contents of the image regions to obtain respective first regional characteristic values of the image regions; obtaining a global characteristic value according to the first regional characteristic values of the image regions; and controlling at least one of a backlight and a panel according to the first regional characteristic values and/or the global characteristic value.

Abstract: A method for surface treating a golf club head, includes: (a) forming a depression unit in the golf club head, the depression unit being indented inwardly from an outer surface of the golf club head, the outer surface being divided into a working area and a non-working area, the depression unit being formed in the working area; (b) filling the depression unit with a shielding material and covering the non-working area with a covering material; and (c) sandblasting the golf club head after step (b) and removing subsequently the shielding material from the depression unit and the covering material from the non-working area so as to form the working area into sandblasted and non-sandblasted regions that differ in gloss intensity.

Abstract: A fault-tolerant system including a calculation unit and an output synthesizer is provided. The calculation unit receives a first environmental parameter and input data, wherein the calculation unit further includes a first and a second calculation circuits. The first calculation circuit is arranged to perform a calculation on the input data in response to the first environmental parameter to generate a first calculation result. The second calculation circuit is different from the first calculation circuit, and arranged to perform the calculation on the input data in response to the first environmental parameter to generate a second calculation result. The output synthesizer selects a first and a second set of bits from the first and the second calculation result according to a control signal, and synthesizes the first set of bits and the second set of bits in sequence to generate an adjusted calculation result.

Abstract: A method for mapping an input grayscale into an output luminance includes selecting a reference grayscale and a curvature according to an input grayscale; and generating an output luminance according to the reference grayscale, the curvature, and the input grayscale.

Abstract: A color temperature compensation apparatus includes a compensation table and a controller. The compensation table records a relationship between a plurality of compensation values and each of a plurality of gray-levels, wherein the relationship is established based on a plurality of color temperature compensation curves. The controller is coupled to the compensation table, and generates a plurality of compensation values by referring to the compensation table according to a gray-level of each of a plurality of image data and a reference color temperature. The controller further calculates each of a plurality of compensated image data according to the compensation values, wherein the color temperature compensation curves respectively correspond to a plurality of color temperatures.

Abstract: A method for mapping an input grayscale into an output luminance includes selecting a first reference grayscale, a first reference luminance, a second reference grayscale and a second reference luminance according to an input grayscale, generating a middle reference grayscale and a middle luminance, replacing a value of the first or second reference grayscale by a value of the middle reference grayscale, and replacing a value of the first or second reference luminance by a value of the middle luminance according to the middle reference grayscale and the input grayscale, and generating an output luminance by computing a linear transformation equation.

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided. A material layer, a first flowing material layer and a first mask layer are sequentially formed on a substrate. A first etching process is performed by using the first mask layer as a mask, so as to form a first opening in the material layer. The first mask layer and the first flowing material layer are removed. A filler layer is formed in the first opening. A second flowing material layer is formed on the material layer and the filler layer. A second mask layer is formed on the second flowing material layer. A second etching process is performed by using the second mask layer as a mask, so as to form a second opening in the material layer.