Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine, which includes a cabinet having a first opening and a washing space therein and a door assembly configured to open or close the first opening. The door assembly includes a door unit including a guide duct having one side forming a second opening and the other side connected to the washing space, and configured to be rotatable with respect to the cabinet, a sub-door configured to open or close the second opening and a sealing assembly configured to seal the other side of the guide duct. With this configuration, it is possible to effectively seal the inside of the washing machine.

Abstract: A memory storage device that performs real-time monitoring is provided. The memory storage device comprises a memory controller, and a status indicating module/circuit, wherein the memory controller is configured to perform a first a second initialization operation, the first and second initialization operations performed in response to turning-on of the memory storage device, to generate a first status parameter regarding a status of the memory storage device in which the first initialization operation is performed, and to generate a second status parameter regarding the status of the memory storage device in which a second initialization operation is performed. The status indicating circuit includes a first transistor configured to operate on the basis of the first status parameter, a first resistor connected to the first transistor, a second transistor configured to operate on the basis of the second status parameter, and a second resistor connected to the second transistor.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method using a sequential contact analysis of a nano-asperity in order to predict an adhesion force between two contacting surfaces and a recording medium recording a program. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method may include: receiving surface roughness data of each of the two target objects; modeling a rough surface based on the surface roughness data; computing an adhesion force value when the two target objects contact and a deformation value of the first nano-asperity; determining whether a next contact is established; iteratively performing the computing and the determining when the deformation value of the first nano-asperity is larger than the separation distance of the next nano-asperity; and determining that a next contact is not established and computing and outputting force adhesion force in a final contact situation, when the deformation value of the first nano-asperity is smaller than the separation distance of the next nano-asperity.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solidifying method of a radionuclide. The solidifying method of the radionuclide includes operations of: providing a low melting point glass including Bi2O3, B2O3, ZnO and SiO2; providing a glass mixture mixing a mixture to be treated containing a hydroxide of radionuclide and BaSO4 and the low melting point glass; and heating the glass mixture.

Abstract: A processor-implemented neural network processing method includes: obtaining a kernel bit-serial block corresponding to first data of a weight kernel of a layer in a neural network; generating a feature map bit-serial block based on second data of one or more input feature maps of the layer; and generating at least a portion of an output feature map by performing a convolution operation of the layer using a bitwise operation between the kernel bit-serial block and the feature map bit-serial block.

Abstract: A memory system may include a memory device including at least one sequential area in which a data corresponding to consecutive logical addresses of the at least one sequential area is stored, a sequential buffer configured to temporarily store the data to be stored in the at least one sequential area, a meta buffer configured to store a meta data including a write pointer information indicating a logical address in which data is to be stored from among logical addresses corresponding to the at least one sequential area, and an area state information indicating whether the sequential buffer is allocated to the at least one sequential area, and a memory controller configured to perform a write operation of storing the data in the at least one sequential area in response to a first command received from the host using the meta data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a convolutional neural network (CNN) processing apparatus and method, the apparatus configured to determine a loading space unit for at least one loading space in an input based on a height or a width for an input feature map of the input and an extent of a dimension of a kernel feature map, load target input elements corresponding to a target loading space, among the at least one loading space, from a memory and store the target input elements in an allocated input buffer having a size corresponding to the loading space unit, and perform a convolution operation between the target input elements stored in the input buffer and at least one kernel element of a kernel.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus may include a lower electrode supporting a wafer; a focus ring surrounding an edge of the lower electrode and having a ring shape; and an edge ring disposed in a position lower than a position of the focus ring. The focus ring may include a lower region and an upper region disposed on the lower region, and the upper region increases in electrical conductivity as the upper region is closer to the lower region.

Abstract: A system and method for preventing hacking of blockchain is proposed.

Abstract: A lightened neural network method and apparatus. The neural network apparatus includes a processor configured to generate a neural network with a plurality of layers including plural nodes by applying lightened weighted connections between neighboring nodes in neighboring layers of the neural network to interpret input data applied to the neural network, wherein lightened weighted connections of at least one of the plurality of layers includes weighted connections that have values equal to zero for respective non-zero values whose absolute values are less than an absolute value of a non-zero value. The lightened weighted connections also include weighted connections that have values whose absolute values are no greater than an absolute value of another non-zero value, the lightened weighted connections being lightened weighted connections of trained final weighted connections of a trained neural network whose absolute maximum values are greater than the absolute value of the other non-zero value.

Abstract: A semiconductor package may include: a substrate; a first sub-semiconductor package disposed over the substrate, the first sub-semiconductor package including a first buffer chip and a first memory chip; and a second memory chip disposed over the first sub-semiconductor package, wherein the first buffer chip and the first memory chip are connected to each other using a first redistribution line, and wherein the first buffer chip and the second memory chip are connected to each other using a second bonding wire.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image fusion method and apparatus. The fusion method includes detecting first feature points of an object in a first image frame from the first image frame; transforming the first image frame based on the detected first feature points and predefined reference points to generate a transformed first image frame; detecting second feature points of the object in a second image frame from the second image frame; transforming the second image frame based on the detected second feature points and the predefined reference points to generate a transformed second image frame; and generating a combined image by combining the transformed first image frame and the transformed second image frame.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound comprising an EZH2 inhibitor and an E3 ligase binder, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating EZH2-associated disease and a pharmaceutical composition for selective protein degradation containing the same as an active ingredient. Since the compound of the present invention can selectively degrade EZH2, it can be effectively used for the treatment of EZH2-related diseases and cancers, particularly, cancers in which EZH2 is overexpressed, and can be usefully used for the selective degradation of EZH2.

Abstract: A battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of secondary battery cells; and a housing member including a cooling plate member, and a heat conductive member provided between the secondary battery cells and the cooling plate member to form a heat path for transferring heat from the secondary battery cells to the cooling plate member, the housing member having the plurality of secondary battery cells accommodated therein, wherein the heat conductive member is comprised such that a portion of the heat conductive member in contact with a secondary battery cell that is supercooled has a lower thermal conductivity than a remaining portion of the heat conductive member.

Abstract: A facial verification method includes separating a query face image into color channel images of different color channels, obtaining a multi-color channel target face image with a reduced shading of the query face image based on a smoothed image and a gradient image of each of the color channel images, extracting a face feature from the multi-color channel target face image, and determining whether face verification is successful based on the extracted face feature.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technology for supplying power to a display device and provides a device which checks a control value for each mode stored in a memory according to a mode indication signal in a simple form received from an external device and controls operation states of power converting circuits in each mode according to the control value for each mode.

Abstract: A secondary battery may include a cell body member accommodating an electrode assembly therein, including three sealing sides and provided adjacently to a cooling plate member; and the cell body member, in contact with a heat conductive member on a lower surface thereof includes a surface area-increasing groove formed to be concave in the lower surface thereof and the lower surface is a region in which a sealing portion is not formed, the heat conductive member is provided in at least a portion between the cell body member and the cooling plate member to form a heat path for transferring heat from the cell body member to the cooling plate member, the surface area-increasing groove includes a curved-region in a cross section in a thickness direction of the cell body member, and the curved-region is in contact with the heat conductive member.

Abstract: A method and memory device of controlling a plurality of low power states are provided. The method includes: entering a low power mode state, in which memory cell rows of the memory device are refreshed and power consumption is lower than in a self-refresh mode state, in response to a low power state entry command; and exiting the low power mode state based on a low power mode exit latency time that is set in a mode register of the memory device or at least one of an alarm signal and a low power mode exit command.

Abstract: A method and memory device of controlling a plurality of low power states are provided. The method includes: entering a low power mode state, in which memory cell rows of the memory device are refreshed and power consumption is lower than in a self-refresh mode state, in response to a low power state entry command; and exiting the low power mode state based on a low power mode exit latency time that is set in a mode register of the memory device or at least one of an alarm signal and a low power mode exit command.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip capable of improving signal quality includes a host device, a first memory device which is spaced part from the host device and connected to the host device, a repeater module which is connected to the host device and the first memory device, and a second memory device which is spaced apart from the host device and connected to the repeater module. The first memory device receives a data signal from the host device and generates a recovery clock signal, using the data signal. The repeater module receives the recovery clock signal from the first memory device, receives a first input signal from the host device, and samples the first input signal on the basis of the recovery clock signal to generate a sampling signal. The second memory device receives the sampling signal.