Abstract: An IC device includes first through third active areas extending in a first direction and a first gate structure extending perpendicular to and overlying each of the first through third active areas. Each of the first through third active areas includes a first portion adjacent to the first gate structure in the first direction and a second portion adjacent to the first portion and including an endpoint of the corresponding active area, the first active area is positioned between the second and third active areas and includes the endpoint positioned under the first gate structure, and each of the second and third active areas includes the endpoint positioned away from the gate structure in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a transistor layer, a first via layer over the transistor layer, a first metallization layer over the first via layer, the first metallization layer including first conductors having long axes extending substantially in a first direction, a second via layer over the first metallization layer, and a conductive deep via extending in the second via layer, the first metallization layer, and the first via layer. The first conductors represent a majority of conductive material in the first metallization layer, and a size of the deep via in the first direction in the first metallization layer is substantially less than a minimum length of the first conductors in the first metallization layer.

Abstract: A virtual machine backup method, performed by a first host, includes: capturing a request to write data from a virtual machine to a hard disk image file, wherein the request includes written data and input and output location information, copying the written data to a temporary storage area, calculating a first key of the written data, storing the first key, the input and output location information into a first resource location structure, pausing an operation of the virtual machine and generating a second resource location structure according to the first resource location structure, the first key and a second key, and outputting a backup data set to a second host according to the second resource location structure, wherein the backup data set includes the second resource location structure and only one of existing data and the written data when the first key and the second key are the same.

Abstract: A method for processing time series is disclosed. In the method, the time series is distributed into a plurality of indexes. A statistical method is applied to the data in each index for generating corresponding statistical result. The statistical result is the value with respect to the every index, and also the record with respect to the indexes in the time series. The statistical result for the every index is temporarily buffered. After that, a new input time series is compared with the statistical result for every index so as to select one of the indexes. The new input data is therefore inserted to the selected index. The statistical method is then applied to this selected index again. A new statistical result is generated. The record is updated as referring to the selected index and the new corresponding statistical result.

Abstract: A method and an adjustment device for adaptively adjusting a database structure are provided. The adjustment device is arranged between a client and a database. The client generates a database instruction and transmits the database instruction to the database. The database executes the database instruction and accordingly generates an interpretable execution result to the adjustment device. The adjustment device determines whether the database structure needs to be adjusted. When the database structure needs to be adjusted, the adjustment device adjusts the database structure configured in the database according to the execution result. When the database structure needs not to be adjusted, the adjustment device transmits the execution result back to the client. Accordingly, when the engineer develops an application system, they do not consider whether to redesign the new database structure, thereby the method and the adjustment device can improve the system development efficiency.

Abstract: A data processor and a data processing method are provided. The data processor is arranged between a client and a database system to determine in advance whether a user instruction sent from the client updates data of the database system. When the data processor determines that the user instruction does not update data of the database system, the data processor sends the predefined data to the client and restrains the user instruction to the database system. Accordingly, the data processor can assist the database system to process the user instruction, so as to reduce in advance the enormous volume of data processing that the database system is requested upon.

Abstract: A data processor and a data processing method are provided. The data processor is arranged between a client and a database system to determine in advance whether a user instruction sent from the client updates data of the database system. When the data processor determines that the user instruction does not update data of the database system, the data processor sends the predefined data to the client and restrains the user instruction to the database system. Accordingly, the data processor can assist the database system to process the user instruction, so as to reduce in advance the enormous volume of data processing that the database system is requested upon.

Abstract: Resource adjustment methods and systems for virtual machines (VMs) for use in at least one physical device are provided. First, a first VM having a first resource set and a second VM having a second resource set are respectively enabled to enter a suspended state. A first user space address and a second user space address are respectively obtained from a first VM memory page table corresponding to the first VM and a second VM page table corresponding to the second VM, and a first physical memory address corresponding to the first user space address in the physical device and a second physical memory address corresponding to the second user space address in the physical device are obtained from a Hypervisor. The first user space address is mapped to the second physical memory address by the Hypervisor. Then, the first VM is enabled to enter an execution state, and the second VM is stopped.