Abstract: A non-obtrusive activity monitor is proposed for advantageously monitoring and tracing disjunct, concurrent computer system operations in heavily queued computer systems. For each traced and pending computer system operation, the monitor uses a hardware implementation of an event triggered operation graph to trace the path of the computer system operation through the computer system. For each followed path, a unique signature is generated that significantly reduces the amount of trace data to be stored. In a preferred embodiment, the trace information is stored together with a time stamp for debugging and measuring queuing effects and timing behavior in a computer system.

Abstract: A method and apparatus relates to hardware-to-hardware data transmission in computer systems, and in particular, it relates to method and system for operating I/O adapters attaching either one or more computing devices to an I/O periphery, to a network, or to other computing devices. It is proposed to operate a memory local to the network coupling adapter as a cache memory relative to a system memory associated with the one or more computing devices for storing transmission control information.

Abstract: A non-obtrusive activity monitor is proposed for advantageously monitoring and tracing disjunct, concurrent computer system operations in heavily queued computer systems. For each traced and pending computer system operation, the monitor uses a hardware implementation of an event triggered operation graph to trace the path of the computer system operation through the computer system. For each followed path, a unique signature is generated that significantly reduces the amount of trace data to be stored. In a preferred embodiment, the trace information is stored together with a time stamp for debugging and measuring queuing effects and timing behavior in a computer system.

Abstract: A method and device for parameter independent buffer underrun prevention in a data communication system includes a buffer for compensating for a difference in the rate of flow of data having a write port and a read port. After a commencement of writing data into the buffer, a predetermined delay time occurs. When the delay time has passed, reading data out from the buffer starts. Then the length of a time gap between the completion of writing data into the buffer and completion of reading data out from the buffer is determined. Finally, the length of the predetermined delay time is decreased by a first value if the length of the time gap is larger than a specified tolerance value and the length of the predetermined delay time is increased by a second value if the length of the time gap is smaller than the specified tolerance value. The provided method and device advantageously adjusts to systems having dynamically varying parameters, e.g.

Abstract: A one piece grommet for accommodating a variety of wire sizes in an operable environment to substantially preclude travel of environmental parameters along a length of the wire passing the grommet is disclosed. The grommet has an outer annulus and a radially inwardly spaced inner annulus, connected by a neck, wherein the outer annulus has a sufficient rigidity to substantially preclude inversion of the grommet upon translation of the wire in an axial direction.