Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a 1st source/drain region; a 2nd source/drain region; a channel structure connecting the 1st source/drain region to the 2nd source/drain region; a gate structure configured to control the channel structure; a backside source/drain contact structure connected to a bottom surface of the 1st source/drain region; a backside isolation structure at a lower portion of the semiconductor device; and a 1st contact spacer on the backside source/drain contact structure, wherein the 1st contact spacer is configured to isolate the backside source/drain contact structure from another circuit element in the backside isolation structure.

Abstract: A field programmable gate array (FPGA) may: identify a continuous match of atoms between the search sequence and the reference sequence; divide the search sequence into a left portion of the search sequence that includes atoms before the continuous match of atoms in the search sequence, a center portion of the search sequence that includes the continuous match of atoms in the search sequence, and a right portion of the search sequence that includes atoms after the continuous match of atoms in the search sequence; match the left portion of the search sequence with the reference sequence; and match the right portion of the search sequence with the reference sequence.

Abstract: A data storage device includes: a housing integrating a control logic, a data protection logic, and a non-volatile storage; and a network interface connector integrated to the housing and is configured to be directly inserted into a network switch. The control logic is configured to store a vehicle data including a video stream in the non-volatile storage. The video stream is received from a video camera that is connected to the network switch. The data protection logic is configured to detect a vehicle event and change an operating mode of the data storage device to a read-only mode prohibiting the vehicle data stored in the non-volatile storage from being erased or tampered.

Abstract: A data storage device includes: a housing integrating a control logic, a data protection logic, and a non-volatile storage; and a network interface connector integrated to the housing and is configured to be directly inserted into a network switch. The control logic is configured to store a vehicle data including a video stream in the non-volatile storage. The video stream is received from a video camera that is connected to the network switch. The data protection logic is configured to detect a vehicle event and change an operating mode of the data storage device to a read-only mode prohibiting the vehicle data stored in the non-volatile storage from being erased or tampered.

Abstract: A storage device is disclosed. The storage device may include storage to store data, which may include a first storage of a first type and a second storage of a second type. The storage device may support a number of device streams, some of which associated with the first storage and some associated with the second storage. The storage device may also include a streaming capabilities analyzer that may inventory the streaming capabilities for the storage device. Finally, the storage device may include a transmitter to transmit the streaming capabilities of the storage device to a storage manager.

Abstract: A method for managing system resources includes receiving, by a storage device, a Quality of Service (QOS) parameter from a host. The storage device selects a first index type, from among index types, for a first index based on the QoS parameter and a computational load metric. The index types include one index type having an index structure that is a tree structure, a list structure, or a hash structure. The index structure is different from an index structure of another index type of the index types. The storage device sends feedback to the host regarding the first index type for the host to use in identifying a second index type for a second index to manage a computational load. The storage device accesses the data using the first index based on a processing of the user request, by the host, using the second index.

Abstract: According to some example embodiments, a method for providing security to a storage device includes receiving, by the storage device, a public key via a network; sending, by the storage device, the received public key and a proposed configuration corresponding to the storage device to a security manager that resides in a control plane of the network; determining, by the security manager, whether the public key received from the storage device matches a private key available to the security manager; downloading, by the security manager, the proposed configuration to the storage device; determining, by the security manager, if the proposed configuration is successfully downloaded to the storage device; operating the storage device according to the downloaded configuration; and granting, by the security manager, a request to lease the storage device operating in the downloaded configuration for a time interval.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device that includes: a 1st carrier wafer; and a 1st semiconductor chip on the 1st carrier wafer, wherein the 1st carrier wafer includes at least one 1st pattern, and the 1stpattern includes therein a 1st stress material which is different from a material forming the 1st carrier wafer, and configured to expand or shrink by thermal processing.

Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensionally (3D) stacked semiconductor chip architecture including a first semiconductor chip including a first wafer, a first front-end-of-line (FEOL) layer provided on a first side of the first wafer, a first middle-of-line (MOL) layer provided on the first FEOL layer, a first back-end-of-line (BEOL) layer provided on the first MOL layer, a first power rail layer provided on a second side of the first wafer, and a second semiconductor chip including a second wafer, a second FEOL layer provided on a first side of the second wafer, a second MOL layer provided on the second FEOL layer, a second BEOL layer provided on the second MOL layer, a second power rail layer provided on a second side of the second wafer, wherein the first power rail layer and the second power rail layer contact each other.

Abstract: According to some example embodiments, a method for providing security to a storage device includes receiving, by the storage device, a public key via a network; sending, by the storage device, the received public key and a proposed configuration corresponding to the storage device to a security manager that resides in a control plane of the network; determining, by the security manager, whether the public key received from the storage device matches a private key available to the security manager; downloading, by the security manager, the proposed configuration to the storage device; determining, by the security manager, if the proposed configuration is successfully downloaded to the storage device; operating the storage device according to the downloaded configuration; and granting, by the security manager, a request to lease the storage device operating in the downloaded configuration for a time interval.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods by which a storage device may process and return I/O commands to a host in the order in which the host provided the commands, thereby reducing host overhead, including but not limited to the following: receiving a first I/O command and a second I/O command, the first I/O command and the second I/O command being assigned a sequence tag, issuing the first I/O command and the second I/O command to one or more storage channels based on their respective sequence tags, collecting a command completion notice of the first I/O command or the second I/O command when the first I/O command or the second I/O command has been respectively completed; and issuing a command completion notification to a host based on the sequence tag of the associated completed first I/O command or the second I/O command.

Abstract: A storage device is disclosed. The storage device may include storage to store data, which may include a first storage of a first type and a second storage of a second type. The storage device may support a number of device streams, some of which associated with the first storage and some associated with the second storage. The storage device may also include a streaming capabilities analyzer that may inventory the streaming capabilities for the storage device. Finally, the storage device may include a transmitter to transmit the streaming capabilities of the storage device to a storage manager.

Abstract: A storage device is disclosed. The storage device may include storage to store data, which may include a first storage of a first type and a second storage of a second type. The storage device may support a number of device streams, some of which associated with the first storage and some associated with the second storage. The storage device may also include a streaming capabilities analyzer that may inventory the streaming capabilities for the storage device. Finally, the storage device may include a transmitter to transmit the streaming capabilities of the storage device to a storage manager.

Abstract: A phase plate for high precision wavelength extraction can include a planar substrate which has a point spread function engineered profile formed of a tessellation of regions. The point spread function engineered profile transforms a point spread function of a light source to form a wavelength dependent geometric pattern. The geometric pattern can also preserve spatial location information of the light source. Such a phase plate permits extracting three-dimensional position and the wavelength of a point emitter.

Abstract: Presented are structures and methods for forming such structures that allow for electrical or diffusion breaks between transistors of one level of a stacked transistor device, without necessarily requiring that a like electrical or diffusion break exists in another level of the stacked transistor device. Also presented, an electrical break between transistor devices may be formed by providing a channel of a first polarity with a false gate comprising a work-function metal of an opposite polarity.

Abstract: In a method for managing a storage device, the method includes: receiving, by a host processor located on a host system, index requirements for an index, the index requirements comprising at least one of user service requirements or data access requirements; transmitting, by the host processor, to a storage processor located on a storage device, at least some of the index requirements for the index; receiving, by the host processor, parameters of a first index created by the storage processor utilizing a device profile of the storage device comprising at least one of computing capabilities or storage capabilities of the storage device, and the index requirements; building, by the host processor, utilizing the parameters of the first index and interacting with the first index, a second index that meets the index requirements.

Abstract: A chassis is disclosed. The chassis may include a processor, a switch, and at least one storage device in communication with a remote processor. The storage device may support an active power mode and a low power mode. A response to a Keep Alive (KA) message may be sent to the remote processor on behalf of the storage device when the storage device is in low power mode.

Abstract: A chassis is disclosed. The chassis may include a processor, a switch, and at least one storage device in communication with a remote processor. The storage device may support an active power mode and a low power mode. A response to a Keep Alive (KA) message may be sent to the remote processor on behalf of the storage device when the storage device is in low power mode.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods by which a storage device may process and return I/O commands to a host in the order in which the host provided the commands, thereby reducing host overhead, including but not limited to the following: receiving a first I/O command and a second I/O command, the first I/O command and the second I/O command being assigned a sequence tag, issuing the first I/O command and the second I/O command to one or more storage channels based on their respective sequence tags, collecting a command completion notice of the first I/O command or the second I/O command when the first I/O command or the second I/O command has been respectively completed; and issuing a command completion notification to a host based on the sequence tag of the associated completed first I/O command or the second I/O command.

Abstract: A data storage device includes: a housing integrating a control logic, a data protection logic, and a non-volatile storage; and a network interface connector integrated to the housing and is configured to be directly inserted into a network switch. The control logic is configured to store a vehicle data including a video stream in the non-volatile storage. The video stream is received from a video camera that is connected to the network switch. The data protection logic is configured to detect a vehicle event and change an operating mode of the data storage device to a read-only mode prohibiting the vehicle data stored in the non-volatile storage from being erased or tampered.