Abstract: Some aspects of the present disclosure involve a method including: receiving instructions specifying a particular site from among a plurality of sites, wherein each of the plurality of sites comprises one or more computing devices, each of the one or more computing devices comprising a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) chips that are configured to perform similar computations in parallel; and in response to receiving the instructions, performing a firmware upgrade for each of the one or more computing devices at the particular site.

Abstract: A method includes: obtaining a site-specific power plan for a first site, wherein the first site includes a plurality of computing devices that are configured to receive power through a common grid-facing meter; obtaining a first group-specific objective for a first group of computing devices of the plurality of computing devices, and obtaining a second group-specific objective for a second group of computing devices of the plurality of computing devices; determining computational parameters of the plurality of computing devices based on the first group-specific objective and the second group-specific objective, subject to one or more constraints corresponding to the site-specific power plan; and controlling the plurality of computing devices to perform the common type of computation using the determined computational parameters.

Abstract: A system that includes a control system communicatively coupled to at least one computation hardware asset through one or more networks. The control system is configured to present on a user interface, a digital map including icons indicating individual IC chips on a circuit board of the computation hardware asset. The icons are arranged on the digital map corresponding to physical locations of the individual IC chips. The control system is further configured to: receive a value of a parameter of at least one of the individual IC chips via the one or more networks; based on the received value, select a category for the received value from a group of possible categories; and present, associated with the icon of the at least one of the individual IC chips on the digital map, information indicating the category for the received value.

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of computing devices. Each of the plurality of computing devices includes a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) chips configured to perform a common type of computation in parallel with one another. At least one of the plurality of computing devices is configured to: receive event data providing a target time of a power event, and a time interval; determine a random time within a time range, wherein the time range is based on the target time and the time interval; determine that a current time has reached the target time; and, based on determining that the current time has reached the target time, switch one or more of the plurality of IC chips corresponding to the computing device from a first power mode to a second power mode at the random time.

Abstract: A computing device includes: a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) chips arranged on one or more substrates; and a controller. The controller is configured to: control the plurality of integrated circuit (IC) chips to perform a common type of computation in parallel with one another; receive, from one or more of the plurality of IC chips, IC chip data indicative of performance of the IC chips; generate status data based on the IC chip data; and push the status data to a remote asset management server.

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of computing devices. Each of the plurality of computing devices includes a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) chips configured to perform a common type of computation in parallel with one another. At least one of the plurality of computing devices is configured to: receive, from an asset management server, an event data providing target values for one or more parameters to schedule a power event; store the event data in a storage coupled to the computing device; monitor one or more current values for the one or more parameters; and, based on determining that the current values for the one or more parameters have reached the target values, switch one or more of the plurality of IC chips corresponding to the computing device from a first power mode to a second power mode.

Abstract: A method includes: receiving, through a user interface at a computer system, information indicating a change to one or more aggregate operational parameters for cryptographic hardware assets remote from the computer system and communicatively coupled to the computer system through one or more networks; obtaining one or more hardware parameters for one or more of the cryptographic hardware assets; based on the one or more hardware parameters, identifying a subset of the cryptographic hardware assets to receive one or more adjustments to one or more computing parameters to cause the change to the one or more aggregate operational parameters; and sending instructions to the subset of the cryptographic hardware assets to effect the adjustment to the one or more computing parameters.

Abstract: A method includes detecting, by an electronic device managing a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) chips, an attempt to modify a whitelist that includes multiple entries of URLs and user IDs and determining whether the attempt is associated with modifying an existing entry, removing the existing entry, or adding a new entry of a URL or a user ID to the whitelist. When the attempt is associated with removing an existing entry corresponding to a particular URL or user ID, the method includes further determining whether the particular URL or user ID is being actively used by IC chip(s). When the attempt to modify or remove the existing entry or add a new entry of a URL or user ID to the whitelist is approved, a notification is transmitted to an electronic communication channel associated with a root administrator and pool managing administrators that manage one or more pool servers.

Abstract: A method includes: receiving, through a user interface at a computer system, information indicating a change to one or more aggregate operational parameters for cryptographic hardware assets remote from the computer system and communicatively coupled to the computer system through one or more networks; obtaining one or more hardware parameters for one or more of the cryptographic hardware assets; based on the one or more hardware parameters, identifying a subset of the cryptographic hardware assets to receive one or more adjustments to one or more computing parameters to cause the change to the one or more aggregate operational parameters; and sending instructions to the subset of the cryptographic hardware assets to effect the adjustment to the one or more computing parameters.

Abstract: A pump for pumping a liquid containing solids comprises a housing having a first end and second end and an interior pump chamber. An inlet pipe leads to the pump chamber through the first end, and an outlet pipe leads from the pump chamber at the second end. A core having a vane extending therefrom rotates within the chamber. The core has hollow portions permitting material to move from the inlet pipe to the pump chamber and from the pump chamber to the outlet pipe. The vane extends from the core outwardly, seals against the housing, and works in cooperation with a pair of moving blades to draw material from the inlet pipe and expel the material through the outlet pipe. The blades, which are arcuate in shape and have curved ends, are operated by pneumatic cylinders and move from a retracted position in which they are positioned out of the pump chamber to a deployed position in which the curved end sealably engages the core.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for sterilization of water compatible products, especially food products such as sliced vegetables, chopped meats etc. A sterilization conduit through which the product passes under pressure includes steam injectors, with the pressure of the product being maintained. The steam is condensed to a liquid by the effect of product temperature and pressure within the conduit and permeates the product. The product thus raised to a sterilization temperature. The heated and pressurized product is then passed through a series of flash chambers, each allowing an incremental pressure decrease upon the product. Each pressure decrease will allow a portion of the liquid permeating the product to flash to the vapor phase, reducing the temperature and added water content of the product while preventing damage to the product caused by excessive flashing. These incremental pressure reductions continue until the product is at atmospheric pressure and a temperature below approximately 100.degree. C. (212.

Abstract: A conveyance pump having a substantially constant output pressure. The pump includes a chamber having a circular periphery. A vane is mounted within the pump chamber for oscillation through an arc and a valve chamber includes opening to each boundary of this arc, and with input and output conduits. Within the valve chamber is a valve which may move between two positions, allowing communication between alternate pairs of openings and conduits. An hydraulic motor is connected to the vane to cause its oscillation between the limit positions, and a motor rotates the valve between its positions. In operation the vane will rotate, drawing material from the input opening into the pump chamber behind the advancing vane, and pushing, and thus pressurizing, the material out of the pump chamber in front of the advancing vane and out of the output opening. Reversing the vane continues this process.

Abstract: A continuous cooking grill is provided which includes a heating element for supplying radiant heat to food items passing therebetween along a conveyor which is preferably provided with a series of intercalated rods oriented transversely to the direction of travel. The conveyor includes both a straight portion and an arcuate portion for advancing the items in a generally U-shaped path. The cooker includes a bottom presenting a series of openings along and below the path of the food items which enables the drippings to pass unobstructed out of the cooker. The food items are inverted during their passage through the cooker at a location generally at the end of the bight of the U-shaped path by movement of the rods which causes the items to tumble downwardly from the arcuate portion onto the straight portion. The heating element is configured to generate radiant heat at a substantially constant distance from the food items during movement from the upper, arcuate portion to the lower, straight portion.

Abstract: A continuous conveying mechanism especially adapted as the cooker for continuous grilling of hamburger patties and the like uses a shiftable grid which intermittently lifts the patties off a stationary grid and effects advancement after each lift-off until a U-shaped path is traversed extending initially through and terminating beyond one end of the cooker exteriorly thereof. The patties initially travel upwardly along a straight line with respect to the first pair of legs of the grids and then upwardly and arcuately along interleaved, radially extending rods, whereupon they invert and drop such as to travel upwardly and arcuately with respect to a second set of radially extending interleaved rods. Finally, the patties travel upwardly along a straight line with respect to a pair of legs of the grids forming the final stretch of travel.

Abstract: A continuous conveying mechanism especially adapted as the cooker for continuous grilling of hamburger patties and the like uses a shiftable grid which intermittently lifts the patties off a stationary grid and effects advancement after each lift-off until a U-shaped path is traversed extending initially through and terminating beyond one end of the cooker exteriorly thereof. The patties initially travel upwardly along a straight line with respect to the first pair of legs of the grids and then upwardly and arcuately along interleaved, radially extending rods, whereupon they invert and drop such as to travel upwardly and arcuately with respect to a second set of radially extending interleaved rods. Finally, the patties travel upwardly along a straight line with respect to a pair of legs of the grids forming the final stretch of travel.

Abstract: A cooker for continuous grilling of hamburger patties and the like uses a shiftable grid which intermittently lifts the patties off a stationary grid and effects advancement after each lift-off until a U-shaped path is traversed extending initially through and terminating beyond one end of the cooker exteriorly thereof. The patties travel upwardly along a straight line with respect to a first pair of legs of the grids and then upwardly and arcuately with respect to a pair of first grid quadrants, whereupon they invert and drop such as to travel upwardly and arcuately with respect to a pair of second grid quadrants. Finally, the patties travel upwardly along a straight line with respect to a pair of legs of the grids forming the final stretch of the travel.

Abstract: A cooker for continuous grilling of hamburger patties and the like uses a shiftable grid which intermittently lifts the patties off a stationary grid and effects advancement after each lift-off until a U-shaped path is traversed extending initially through and terminating beyond one end of the cooker exteriorly thereof. The patties travel upwardly along a straight line with respect to a first pair of legs of the grids and then upwardly and arcuately with respect to a pair of first grid quadrants, whereupon they invert and drop such as to travel upwardly and arcuately with respect to a pair of second grid quadrants. Finally, the patties travel upwardly along a straight line with respect to a pair of legs of the grids forming the final stretch of the travel.

Abstract: Sausages or other articles having initial lengths several times longer than their final, packaged lengths are automatically severed to their proper dimensions, accumulated into multisausage clusters and then inserted into awaiting containers, all automatically. Each long initial length of material is initially severed into separate lengths, then gathered into side-by-side relationship with other severed lengths, then severed a second time into the final length. The final lengths are then arranged into generally cylindrically configured clusters for axial packing into the awaiting containers. Special handling techniques are used throughout the process so as to render the system fully automated without damaging the materials or failing to pack the prescribed number of materials into each container.

Abstract: A flowable food product or other substance is heated or chilled by pumping it through a long, slender tube on a continuous basis in one direction only while simultaneously subjecting it to a temperature differential. The body of product contained within and moving through the tube is segmented into a number of discrete, end-to-end but longitudinally spaced-apart sections by plugs that are periodically introduced into the tube and moved along with the product. The plugs continuously scrape the wall of the tube free of any accumulation of frost or cooked-on material without interrupting the continuous flow and without subjecting the product to deleterious shear stresses. The frequency of plug insertion can be varied without changing the rate of product flow along the wall of the tube so that the best combination of temperature, speed, and scraping frequency can be achieved for each product formulation on a custom basis.

Abstract: A continuous cooking grill is provided which includes a heating element for supplying radiant heat to food items passing tberebetween along a conveyor which is preferably provided with a series of intercalated rods oriented transversely to the direction of travel. The conveyor includes both a straight portion and an arcuate portion for advancing the items in a generally U-shaped path. The cooker includes a bottom presenting a series of openings along and below the path of the food items which enables the drippings to pass unobstructed out of the cooker. The food items are inverted during their passage through the cooker at a location generally at the end of the bight of the U-shaped path by movement of the rods which causes the items to tumble downwardly from the arcuate portion onto the straight portion. The heating element is configured to generate radiant heat at a substantially constant distance from the food items during movement from the upper, arcuate portion to the lower, straight portion.