Abstract: An automated system and method to investigate degradation of cathode materials in batteries via atomistic simulations, and in particular by simulating the creation of atomistic defects in the cathode material, which occurs during charge cycling. A systematic procedure relates the degradation of battery performance metrics to underlying structural changes due to atomic rearrangements within the material, for example through density functional theory simulations. The performance metrics modeled with this approach include the Open Cell Voltage (OCV) as well as the discharge capacity curve.

Abstract: A battery cover includes a sealing member configured to provide a fluid-tight sealing member with a battery casing. The sealing member has a top surface and a bottom surface. A vent aperture is formed through the sealing member. A condensation chamber is disposed adjacent the bottom surface of the sealing member and is fluidly coupled to the vent aperture via an outlet. The condensation chamber receiving a flow of a fluid therethrough.

Abstract: A battery vent cap gang includes a plurality of vent caps. A primary member is operably coupled to each of the plurality of vent caps. A first translation member is operably coupled to a first one of the plurality of vent caps and spaced from the primary member in a first direction. A second translation member is operably coupled to a second one of the plurality of the vent caps and spaced from the primary member in a second direction. An actuator is operably coupled to the primary member, the first translation member, and the second translation member to cause substantially simultaneous rotational movement of the plurality of vent caps.

Abstract: A method of generating recommendations for a collective profile, the collective profile being linked to a first profile and a second profile. The method may include authenticating a login request from an end user device in association with the collective profile based on credentials associated with the first profile, identifying a query from among a plurality of queries and transmit the query to the end user device, receiving a response to the query, determining that the response is not inconsistent with one or more earlier responses received in association with the second profile and, in response, refining at least one attribute or goal in the collective profile based on the response to generate and store a refined collective profile, and determining whether the refined collective profile results in a new recommendation and, if so, outputting the new recommendation.

Abstract: A battery vent cap gang includes a plurality of vent caps. A primary member is operably coupled to each of the plurality of vent caps. A first translation member is operably coupled to a first one of the plurality of vent caps and spaced from the primary member in a first direction. A second translation member is operably coupled to a second one of the plurality of the vent caps and spaced from the primary member in a second direction. An actuator is operably coupled to the primary member, the first translation member, and the second translation member to cause substantially simultaneous rotational movement of the plurality of vent caps.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a sorting unit to sort primitives of a graphics image, the primitives to be grouped, each group to form a first level node of a hierarchical acceleration structure; a parallel reconfigurable clustering array to construct the hierarchical acceleration structure, the parallel reconfigurable clustering array comprising a plurality of processing clusters, each cluster comprising: parallel efficiency analysis circuitry to evaluate different groupings of the first level nodes for a next level of the hierarchical acceleration structure to determine efficiency values for the different groupings; and node merge circuitry to merge the first level nodes based on the efficiency values to form second level nodes.

Abstract: A battery vent cap gang includes a plurality of vent caps. A primary member is operably coupled to each of the plurality of vent caps. A first translation member is operably coupled to a first one of the plurality of vent caps and spaced from the primary member in a first direction. A second translation member is operably coupled to a second one of the plurality of the vent caps and spaced from the primary member in a second direction. An actuator is operably coupled to the primary member, the first translation member, and the second translation member to cause substantially simultaneous rotational movement of the plurality of vent caps.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for a hierarchical beam tracer.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for speculative execution of hit and intersection shaders on programmable ray tracing architectures. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD) or single-instruction multiple-thread (SIMT) execution units (EUs) to execute shaders; and ray tracing circuitry to execute a ray traversal thread, the ray tracing engine comprising: traversal/intersection circuitry, responsive to the traversal thread, to traverse a ray through an acceleration data structure comprising a plurality of hierarchically arranged nodes and to intersect the ray with a primitive contained within at least one of the nodes; and shader deferral circuitry to defer and aggregate multiple shader invocations resulting from the traversal thread until a particular triggering event is detected, wherein the multiple shaders are to be dispatched on the EUs in a single shader batch upon detection of the triggering event.

Abstract: An impact absorbing footwear device employs opposed planar sole portions engaged by a selective resistance coupling that biases the opposed planar sole portions in a non-linear manner in response to forces exerted by the wearer against the sole portion in frictional contact with a floor surface. The planar sole portions are disposed in a footwear appliance that takes the form of an athletic shoe sole. The selective resistance coupling includes a plurality of resilient deformation members that engage the planar sole portions in an opposed circumferentially aligned manner, selectively deform in response to pressure exerted by the wearer for preventing ACL and other impact related injuries, and recover to an undeformed rest position without breakaway to allow the wearer uninterrupted usage while dampening forces that surpass an injury threshold from the resilient deformation that allows the planar sole portions to temporarily misalign.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a sorting unit to sort primitives of a graphics image, the primitives to be grouped, each group to form a first level node of a hierarchical acceleration structure; a parallel reconfigurable clustering array to construct the hierarchical acceleration structure, the parallel reconfigurable clustering array comprising a plurality of processing clusters, each cluster comprising: parallel efficiency analysis circuitry to evaluate different groupings of the first level nodes for a next level of the hierarchical acceleration structure to determine efficiency values for the different groupings; and node merge circuitry to merge the first level nodes based on the efficiency values to form second level nodes.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for efficient BVH construction. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a memory to store graphics data for a scene including a plurality of primitives in a scene at a first precision; a geometry quantizer to read vertices of the primitives at the first precision and to adaptively quantize the vertices of the primitives to a second precision associated with a first local coordinate grid of a first BVH node positioned within a global coordinate grid, the second precision lower than the first precision; a BVH builder to determine coordinates of child nodes of the first BVH node by performing non-spatial-split binning or spatial-split binning for the first BVH node using primitives associated with the first BVH node, the BVH builder to determine final coordinates for the child nodes based, at least in part, on an evaluation of surface areas of different bounding boxes generated for each of the child node.

Abstract: A system for performing coincident boot of computing devices having non-volatile memory and secure and non-secure partitions on the same System on Chip (SoC) or on a similarly capable computing device with secure division and separation of sensitive memory resources, secure protection of intellectual property during boot and post-boot, and support for secure interoperations between secure and non-secure states. The system packages components of the boot loader into a single signed and encrypted package. That package is loaded into the non-secure memory where it is verified before being extracted to the secure partition.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for a hierarchical beam tracer.

Abstract: A battery vent cap gang includes a plurality of vent caps. A primary member is operably coupled to each of the plurality of vent caps. A first translation member is operably coupled to a first one of the plurality of vent caps and spaced from the primary member in a first direction. A second translation member is operably coupled to a second one of the plurality of the vent caps and spaced from the primary member in a second direction. An actuator is operably coupled to the primary member, the first translation member, and the second translation member to cause substantially simultaneous rotational movement of the plurality of vent caps.

Abstract: A battery cover includes a sealing member configured to provide a fluid-tight sealing member with a battery casing. The sealing member has a top surface and a bottom surface. A vent aperture is formed through the sealing member. A condensation chamber is disposed adjacent the bottom surface of the sealing member and is fluidly coupled to the vent aperture via an outlet. The condensation chamber receiving a flow of a fluid therethrough.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for a hierarchical beam tracer.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a sorting unit to sort primitives of a graphics image, the primitives to be grouped, each group to form a first level node of a hierarchical acceleration structure; a parallel reconfigurable clustering array to construct the hierarchical acceleration structure, the parallel reconfigurable clustering array comprising a plurality of processing clusters, each cluster comprising: parallel efficiency analysis circuitry to evaluate different groupings of the first level nodes for a next level of the hierarchical acceleration structure to determine efficiency values for the different groupings; and node merge circuitry to merge the first level nodes based on the efficiency values to form second level nodes.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for speculative execution of hit and intersection shaders on programmable ray tracing architectures. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD) or single-instruction multiple-thread (SIMT) execution units (EUs) to execute shaders; and ray tracing circuitry to execute a ray traversal thread, the ray tracing engine comprising: traversal/intersection circuitry, responsive to the traversal thread, to traverse a ray through an acceleration data structure comprising a plurality of hierarchically arranged nodes and to intersect the ray with a primitive contained within at least one of the nodes; and shader deferral circuitry to defer and aggregate multiple shader invocations resulting from the traversal thread until a particular triggering event is detected, wherein the multiple shaders are to be dispatched on the EUs in a single shader batch upon detection of the triggering event.

Abstract: A battery vent cap gang includes a plurality of vent caps. A primary member is operably coupled to each of the plurality of vent caps. A first translation member is operably coupled to a first one of the plurality of vent caps and spaced from the primary member in a first direction. A second translation member is operably coupled to a second one of the plurality of the vent caps and spaced from the primary member in a second direction. An actuator is operably coupled to the primary member, the first translation member, and the second translation member to cause substantially simultaneous rotational movement of the plurality of vent caps.