Abstract: An edge coupler for coupling a light beam (e.g., a laser beam) into a waveguide comprises a first waveguide section characterized by a first thickness and a first constant width, a second waveguide section physically coupled to the first waveguide section and characterized by the first thickness and a gradually decreasing width, and a third waveguide section partially overlapping with the second waveguide section at an overlap region, the third waveguide section characterized by a gradually increasing width and a second thickness different from (e.g., greater than) the first thickness. In some embodiments, a surface (e.g., the top or bottom surface) of the second waveguide section and a surface (e.g., the top or bottom surface) of the third waveguide section are on a same plane.

Abstract: Data that is to be processed by a particular service executed by a first edge computing device in an application, is analyzed to determine characteristics of the data. An opportunity to replicate the particular service on a plurality of edge computing devices is determined based on characteristics of the data. A second edge computing device is determined to be available to execute a replicated instance of the particular service. Replication of the particular service is initiated on a plurality of edge computing devices including the second edge computing device. An output of an instance of the particular service executed on the first edge computing device and an output of the replicated instance of the particular service executed on the second edge computing device are combined to form a single output for the particular service.

Abstract: A server platform in a cloud computing system is determined to be in an unused state and a request from a remote computing system outside the data center system is received to control hardware of at least one of the server platforms of the cloud computing systems. A bare-metal-as-is (BMAI) session is initiated for the remote computing system to use the server platform based on the unused state, wherein exclusive control of at least a portion of hardware of the server platform is temporarily handed over to the remote computing system in the BMAI session. Control of the portion of the hardware of the server platform is reclaimed based on an end of the BMAI session.

Abstract: Motion parameters estimation for localization of differential drive vehicles is an important part of robotics and autonomous navigation. Conventional methods require introceptive as well extroceptive sensors for localization. The present disclosure provides a control command based adaptive system and method for estimating motion parameters of differential drive vehicles. The method utilizes information from one or more time synchronized command signals and generate an experimental model for estimating one or more motion parameters of the differential drive vehicle by computing a mapping function. The experimental model is validated to determine change in the one or more motion parameters with change in one or more factors and adaptively updated to estimate updated value of the one or more motion parameters based on the validation. The system and method of present disclosure provide accurate results for localization with minimum use of extroceptive sensors.

Abstract: A method, programming product, and/or system for prefetching instructions includes an instruction prefetch table that has a plurality of entries, each entry for storing a first portion of an indirect branch instruction address and a target address, wherein the indirect branch instruction has multiple target addresses and the instruction prefetch table is accessed by an index obtained by hashing a second portion of bits of the indirect branch instruction address with an information vector of the indirect branch instruction. A further embodiment includes a first prefetch table for uni-target branch instructions and a second prefetch table for multi-target branch instructions. In operation it is determined whether a branch instruction hits in one of the multiple prefetch tables; a target address for the branch instruction is read from the respective prefetch table in which the branch instruction hit; and the branch instruction is prefetched to an instruction cache.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to an implant for insertion into a patient. The implant comprises a plurality of unit cells arranged to form a three-dimensional lattice structure, the three-dimensional structure comprising a resting volume of the implant. The plurality of unit cells are arranged to form a porous network of the three-dimensional structure, and wherein the three-dimensional structure is a reversibly compressible three-dimensional structure, wherein a bulk porosity of the three-dimensional structure of the implant is at least 50%. Also disclosed is a method of tissue reconstruction or tissue augmentation. The method comprises implanting into the body of a subject an implant of the disclosure.

Abstract: Power management circuitry includes a power management circuitry having a handshake watchdog (HWD) timer and configured to, upon a reset, set the HWD timer to a maximum delay time allowed between an initial wakeup request received at a first input and a qualified wakeup request expected at a second input and configured to start the HWD timer counting in response to the initial wakeup request. Processing circuitry includes a wakeup signal aggregator configured to receive wakeup signals from internal and external wakeup events and to provide a notification of an occurrence of a wakeup event. The notification is provided as the initial wakeup request. A low power mode sequencer configured to initiate a low power mode exit sequence in response to the notification from the wakeup signal aggregator and to provide the qualified wakeup request as a result of performing at least a portion of the exit sequence.

Abstract: A method performed by one or more processing resources of one or more computer systems is disclosed. The method comprises receiving an object at a first of a plurality of nodes from a second of the plurality of storage nodes within a cluster switch fabric, examining a value associated included within the received object, wherein the value is associated with a clock value of the second node and updating a clock operating at the first node with the received value.

Abstract: A method performed by one or more processing resources of one or more computer systems is disclosed. The method comprises receiving an object at a first of a plurality of nodes from a second of the plurality of storage nodes within a cluster switch fabric, examining a value associated included within the received object, wherein the value is associated with a clock value of the second node and updating a clock operating at the first node with the received value.

Abstract: Set forth herein are electrolyte compositions that include both organic and inorganic constituent components and which are suitable for use in rechargeable batteries. Also set forth herein are methods and systems for making and using these composite electrolytes.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication interface and at least one processor configured for: transmitting to or receiving from a second electronic device over proximity-based communication channel an introduction message including a first encryption key; receiving, from a server via the at least one communication interface, a challenge notification providing notification of a challenge to be completed to initiate a data process, the challenge notification including or providing access to at least one data field associated with a verification challenge; identifying, from the at least one data field, an encrypted challenge response value; decrypting the encrypted challenge response value with a key corresponding to the first encryption key; and transmitting the decrypted challenge response value to the server to complete the challenge to initiate the data process.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration to be used by the UE for cellular communication with the base station, wherein the DRX configuration indicates a DRX cycle that includes an active time during which the UE is to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and an inactive time during which the UE is to refrain from monitoring the PDCCH; identify a time window for sidelink communication with another UE based at least in part on the DRX configuration; and communicate using one or more sidelink resources in the identified time window. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are in the field of integrated circuit structure fabrication. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of conductive lines in a first inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer, the plurality of conductive lines on a same level and along a same direction. A second ILD layer is over the plurality of conductive lines and over the first ILD layer. A first conductive via is in a first opening in the second ILD layer, the first conductive via in contact with a first one of the plurality of conductive lines, the first conductive via having a straight edge.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a first device having a first source or drain region, and a second device having a second source or drain region that is laterally adjacent to the first source or drain region. A conductive source or drain contact includes (i) a lower portion in contact with the first source or drain region, and extending above the first source or drain region, and (ii) an upper portion extending laterally from above the lower portion to above the second source or drain region. A dielectric material is between at least a section of the upper portion of the conductive source or drain contact and the second source or drain region. In an example, each of the first and second devices is a gate-all-around (GAA) device having one or more nanoribbons, nanowires, or nanosheets as channel regions, or is a finFet structure having a fin-based channel region.

Abstract: Steps are presented for deploying a plurality of BS/APs, such as CBSDs (Citizen's Broadband radio Service Devices) in an enterprise network or other such private network at a location such as a warehouse, factory, research center or other building. The deployment is a process by which the BS/APs in the network are set up to be ready for operation within the network. In addition, a communication system is described in which an enterprise operator provides subscription data and commissioning information to an SAS and a Subscriber Database.

Abstract: Application artifact registration is performed by receiving a bundle service specification configured for deployment of a software service in a cloud native environment, transferring a bundle from an original address indicated in the bundle service specification to an object storage at a principal address, attaching, to the bundle service specification, a bundle identifier and the principal address, extracting a plurality of artifacts from the bundle, each of the plurality of artifacts being stored in the object storage at a subordinate address, and creating one or more artifact service specifications, each artifact service specification representing one or more of the plurality of artifacts, each service specification representing the corresponding subordinate address, an artifact identifier, and an artifact type of each represented artifact.

Abstract: A method, programming product, processor, and/or system for prefetching data is disclosed that includes: receiving a request for data at a cache; identifying whether the request for data received at the cache is a demand request or a prefetch request; and determining, in response to identifying that the request for data received at the cache is a prefetch request, whether to terminate the prefetch request, wherein determining whether to terminate the prefetch request comprises: determining how many hits have occurred for a prefetch stream corresponding to the prefetch request received at the cache; and determining, based upon the number of hits that have occurred for the prefetch stream corresponding to the prefetch request received by the cache, whether to terminate the prefetch request.

Abstract: Managing an autoscaled user space networking stack is provided. A cluster of containers are disposed in a userspace separate from a kernel space of a device. Each container in the cluster of containers can execute a respective one of a plurality of virtual functions, for a network interface card of the device, to cause packets received by the device to bypass the kernel space. The device can forward, via a load balancing technique, a packet received by the device to a container in the cluster of containers. The container can execute a virtual function of the plurality of virtual functions. The device can update a queue for a core managed by the virtual function. The update can cause the core to process the packet in accordance with the queue.

Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having uniform grid metal gate and trench contact cut, and methods of fabricating integrated circuit structures having uniform grid metal gate and trench contact cut, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical stack of horizontal nanowires. A gate electrode is over the vertical stack of horizontal nanowires. A conductive trench contact is adjacent to the gate electrode. A dielectric sidewall spacer is between the gate electrode and the conductive trench contact. A first dielectric cut plug structure extends through the gate electrode, through the dielectric sidewall spacer, and through the conductive trench contact. A second dielectric cut plug structure extends through the gate electrode, through the dielectric sidewall spacer, and through the conductive trench contact, the second dielectric cut plug structure laterally spaced apart from and parallel with the first dielectric cut plug structure.

Abstract: Mushroomed via structures for trench contact or gate contact are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a trench contact structure over an epitaxial source or drain structure. A dielectric layer is over the trench contact structure. A trench contact via is in an opening in the dielectric layer, the trench contact via in contact with the trench contact structure. A trench contact via extension is on the trench contact via. The trench contact via extension above the dielectric layer and extending laterally beyond the trench contact via.