Abstract: A storage device, method for processing a plurality of pieces of client data, and a chipset are provided. The storage device includes a first stage storage unit configured to receive the plurality of pieces of client data generated in bursts from a plurality of clients and store the received plurality of pieces of client data; a second stage storage unit configured to receive the plurality of pieces of client data from the first stage storage unit and store the received plurality of pieces of client data in a plurality of memory banks shared by the plurality of clients, respectively, in bursts; and a third stage storage unit configured to receive each of the plurality of pieces of client data from the second stage storage unit and store data of a transaction unit corresponding to a transmission unit for data processing.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus as provided includes: a heating roller heated using a first heater unit disposed in the center thereof and second heater units disposed on both sides of the first heater unit; a pressure roller in pressing contact with the heating roller to form a nip; first and second sensors for detecting the temperature of a central area of the heating roller the temperature of a side area of the heating roller, respectively; and a controller for individually controlling the first and second heater units according to the respective temperatures measured by the first and second sensors when the temperature measured by the second sensor is lower than a predetermined first temperature, and commonly controlling the first and second heater units according to the temperature measured by the first sensor when the temperature measured by the second sensor is equal to or higher than the predetermined first temperature.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of treating cancer using a composition including a target-specific self-illuminative nanocomplex which includes a self-illuminative nanocomplex including a quantum dot and a modified self-illuminative protein (m-Rluc8), a targeted cancer-specific molecule and a hydrophilic polymer, and a method of preparing the composition. Since the high efficiency self-illuminative nanocomplex may have high target specificity by chemically binding to a target-specific molecule, it can be effectively used in cancer treatment using a nanometer-scale laser light source, and therefore it is expected to propose a new paradigm of nanoptic therapeutics.

Abstract: Provided are a modem chip for performing hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processing, an application processor including the modem chip, and an operating method of the modem chip. A modem chip for receiving data of a codeword unit including a plurality of codeblock units includes a HARQ controller for controlling HARQ data of the codeword unit to be saved in an external memory based on an error detection result of the codeword unit, a HARQ mover for saving or fetching the HARQ data of the codeword unit in or from the external memory via a bus interface, and a HARQ combiner for combining retransmitted data with the HARQ data fetched from the external memory.

Abstract: A bus traffic control apparatus includes a sizing block, a traffic request controller and a bus master engine. The sizing block is configured to determine a data transmitting size of a bus master based on bus traffic information. The traffic request controller is configured to control transmission of data from the bus master based on the data, a destination of the data, the data transmitting size. The bus master engine is configured to transmit the data to the destination in the data transmitting size based on the data, the destination of the data, the data transmitting size and a request received from the traffic request controller.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided, the display apparatus includes a display panel, a backlight unit comprising a light source which irradiates a light to the display panel, a storage which stores a gamma curve indicating relationship between a gray level of an input signal and a luminance of an output signal, and a processor configured to control the backlight unit to decrease a brightness of the light provided to the display panel based on a difference between a first output luminance value which is a maximum luminance value of the display panel and a second output luminance value of the input signal, in which the second output luminance value may be an output luminance value corresponding to the maximum gray level value of the input signal in the gamma curve.

Abstract: A display device includes a window panel having a first radius of curvature, a display panel and an adhesion layer. The display panel defines a first portion having a second radius of curvature, and a second portion which extends from an end of the first portion and has a third radius of curvature different from the second radius of curvature. In a line normal to the upper surface of the display panel, a first distance between a first point at the upper surface of the first portion of the display panel and a first crossing point at an upper surface of the window panel, is different from a second distance between a second point at the upper surface of the second portion of the display panel and a second crossing point at the upper surface of the window panel.

Abstract: An apparatus for normalizing input data of an acoustic model includes a window extractor configured to extract windows of frame data to be input to an acoustic model from frame data of a speech to be recognized, and a normalizer configured to normalize the frame data to be input to the acoustic model in units of the extracted windows.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first gate line and a second gate line extending in a first direction, first to fourth data lines extending in a second direction perpendicularly intersecting the first direction, and a plurality of pixels connected respectively to either the first or second gate line and any one of the first to fourth data lines, where each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode which receives a data signal from the connected one of the first to fourth data lines, a region in which the pixel electrode is disposed includes a first domain and a second domain having average alignment directions of liquid crystal molecules different from each other, and the first gate line overlaps a boundary between the first domain and the second domain.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate, on which pixel regions are defined; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; gate and data lines on the first substrate and intersecting each other; pixel electrodes on the first substrate in the pixel regions, respectively; and green, blue and red color filters on the second substrate, where the pixel electrodes include first, second and third pixel electrodes, which correspond to the green, blue and red color filters, respectively, each of the first, second and third pixel electrodes includes a stem portion, which is near one of the data lines and extends in an extending direction of the data lines, and branch portions, which are branched off from the stem portion, and the stem portion of the first pixel electrode is near a side of the second pixel electrode.

Abstract: A 5 Transistor Static Random Access Memory (5T SRAM) is designed for reduced cell size and immunity to process variation. The 5T SRAM includes a storage element for storing data, wherein the storage element is coupled to a first voltage and a ground voltage. The storage element can include symmetrically sized cross-coupled inverters. A single access transistor controls read and write operations on the storage element. Control logic is configured to generate a value of the first voltage a write operation that is different from the value of the first voltage for a read operation.

Abstract: Stable SRAM cells utilizing Independent Gate FinFET architectures provide improvements over conventional SRAM cells in device parameters such as Read Static Noise Margin (RSNM) and Write Noise Margin (WNM). Exemplary SRAM cells comprise a pair of storage nodes, a pair of bit lines, a pair of pull-up devices, a pair of pull-down devices and a pair of pass-gate devices. A first control signal and a second control signal are configured to adjust drive strengths of the pass-gate devices, and a third control signal is configured to adjust drive strengths of the pull-up devices, wherein the first control signal is routed orthogonal to a bit line direction, and the second and third control signals are routed in a direction same as the bit line direction. RSNM and WNM are improved by adjusting drive strengths of the pull-up and pass-gate devices during read and write operations.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for dynamic partitioning in distributed computing environments. One method includes: receiving a first data set and a second data set; mapping the first data set into a first set of key-value pairs; mapping the second data set into a second set of key-value pairs; estimating, using a sketch, a frequency count for each key based on the first set of key-value pairs and the second set of key-value pairs; determining whether the estimated frequency count for each key is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold; and partitioning the key when the estimated frequency count for the key is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A battery pack and a driving method thereof are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes outputting first data at the first rack BMS, determining whether a response to the first data has been received, and driving the first rack BMS based on whether the response has been received.

Abstract: An automatic image selecting apparatus including an image receiver configured to receive an image; a feature extractor configured to extract a feature from the image; and a category determiner configured to determine whether the extracted feature matches predetermined category identification reference data used for determining whether to store the image.

Abstract: An integrated circuit is formed by removing a sacrificial gate dielectric layer and a sacrificial gate to form a gate cavity. A conformal dielectric first liner is formed in the gate cavity and a conformal second liner is formed on the first liner. A first etch removes the second liner from the bottom of the gate cavity, leaving material of the second liner on sidewalls of the gate cavity. A second etch removes the first liner from the bottom of the gate cavity exposed by the second liner, leaving material of the first liner on the bottom of the gate cavity under the second liner on the sidewalls of the gate cavity. A third etch removes the second liner from the gate cavity, leaving an L-shaped spacers of the first liner in the gate cavity. A permanent gate dielectric layer and replacement gate are formed in the gate cavity.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display, includes: a substrate; a gate line including a gate pad and a data line including a data pad, the gate and data lines being disposed on the substrate; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; an organic layer disposed on the thin film transistor; a pixel electrode disposed on the organic layer; a first contact assistant disposed on the gate pad; a second contact assistant disposed on the data pad; a first insulating layer disposed on the pixel electrode; and a common electrode disposed on the first insulating layer, the common electrode overlapping with the pixel electrode. The common electrode includes first cutouts, the first insulating layer includes second cutouts, the plane shapes of the first and second cutouts are substantially the same, and the pixel electrode includes a polycrystalline transparent conductive material.

Abstract: A method for transmitting device indicator data in a network-based AV system is provided. The method for transmitting the device indicator data records device indicator data on a data unit which is used in an AV transmission protocol, and transmits the data unit. Accordingly, the indicator data which changes in real time in a network AV device can be rapidly transmitted to a management platform.

Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for presenting content recommendations. In one implementation, a method is provided for providing content recommendations to a plurality of users. The method may include generating a first plurality of content recommendations for a first user using a first plurality of methods, each of the first plurality of methods having a weight associated therewith. The method may further include selecting a second plurality of content recommendations from the first plurality of content recommendations based on the weights associated with the first plurality of methods. The method may further include providing the second plurality of content recommendations to the first user. The method may further include updating the weights associated with the first plurality of methods based on engagement by the first user with the second plurality of content recommendations.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first to fourth pixel electrodes neighbored each other in a first direction, a common electrode at least partially overlapping the first to fourth pixel electrodes, and a first data line and a second data line extended in a second direction different from the first direction, and neighbored each other where the first data line is interposed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, the second data line is interposed between the third pixel electrode and the fourth pixel electrode, and at least one slit defined in the common electrode is interposed between the second pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode.