Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer platforms and architectures employing many-to-many and many-to-one peripheral switches. The methods and apparatus may be implemented on computer platforms having multiple nodes, such as those employing a Non-uniform Memory Access (NUMA) architecture, wherein each node comprises a plurality of components including a processor having at least one level of memory cache and being operatively coupled to system memory and operatively coupled to a many-to-many peripheral switch that includes a plurality of downstream ports to which NICs and/or peripheral expansion slots are operatively coupled, or a many-to-one switch that enables a peripheral device to be shared by multiple nodes. During operation, packets are received at the NICs and DMA memory writes are initiated using memory write transactions identifying a destination memory address.

Abstract: An example device includes a user interface component that implements a user interface and receives a visualization request value from user operations; an inspection database comprising an aggregation of inspection data; and a controller, comprising: a facility planning circuit that interprets a user facility visualization value in response to the visualization request value; a facility inspection data circuit that interprets the aggregation of inspection data in response to the user facility visualization value; a geographic depiction circuit that determines a geographic display boundary and a hierarchical inspection presentation for at least one industrial facility positioned within the geographic display boundary in response to the user facility visualization value and the aggregation of inspection data, and determines a user geographic display value in response to the geographic display boundary and the hierarchical inspection presentation.

Abstract: A computing device includes an appliance status table to store at least one of reliability and performance data for one or more network functions virtualization (NFV) appliances and one or more legacy network appliances. The computing device includes a load controller to configure an Internet Protocol (IP) filter rule to select a packet for which processing of the packet is to be migrated from a selected one of the one or more legacy network appliances to a selected one of the one or more NFV appliances, and to update the appliance status table with received at least one of reliability and performance data for the one or more legacy network appliances and the one or more NFV appliances. The computing device includes a packet distributor to receive the packet, to select one of the one or more NFV appliances based at least in part on the appliance status table, and to send the packet to the selected NFV appliance. Other embodiments are described herein.

Abstract: A method is described. The method includes receiving a request. The method includes allocating and/or configuring hardware to execute the request in accordance with an energy related input specified by a sender of the request. The method includes causing execution of the request in accordance with the energy related input.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to receiving a configuration, wherein the configuration is to specify a first level of renewable energy utilized by one or more devices based on telemetry, wherein the telemetry comprises a level of renewable energy supplied to the one or more devices. Based on a second level of available supplied renewable energy, a portion of the first level of available supplied renewable energy can be allocated to one or more devices to perform the process. Based on a third level of available supplied renewable energy, increase renewable energy allocated to the one or more devices, to perform the process, to above the first level.

Abstract: A computing device includes an appliance status table to store at least one of reliability and performance data for one or more network functions virtualization (NFV) appliances and one or more legacy network appliances. The computing device includes a load controller to configure an Internet Protocol (IP) filter rule to select a packet for which processing of the packet is to be migrated from a selected one of the one or more legacy network appliances to a selected one of the one or more NFV appliances, and to update the appliance status table with received at least one of reliability and performance data for the one or more legacy network appliances and the one or more NFV appliances. The computing device includes a packet distributor to receive the packet, to select one of the one or more NFV appliances based at least in part on the appliance status table, and to send the packet to the selected NFV appliance. Other embodiments are described herein.

Abstract: Technologies for dynamically selecting resources for virtual switching include a computing device configured to identify a present demand on processing resources of the computing device that are configured to process data associated with network packets received by the computing device. Additionally, the computing device is configured to determine a present capacity of one or more acceleration resources of the computing device and configure the virtual switch based on the present demand and the present capacity of the acceleration resources. Other embodiments are described herein.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a system within a package. In some examples, the system includes a communication fabric and circuitry to adjust a packet throughput rate associated with the communication fabric based at least in part on incoming receive rate across multiple input ports and fabric usage. In some examples, the communication fabric is to communicatively couple devices in the package including one or more of: an accelerator, a processor, a memory, or a network interface device.

Abstract: By using the user head and/or eye tracking capabilities of an extended reality (XR) system, a region of gaze (ROG) of the user towards the virtual screen can be determined and signaled to non-XR games and applications running on the host system connected to the XR system. The existing non-XR games/applications can be patched, upgraded, or remastered to support the application of the ROG and ROG based enhancements of the visuals and user interfaces, using the provided by the system software on the host system that is rendering the game for the XR system.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method can include receiving a queue depth for a receive queue of a network interface controller (NIC), determining whether a power state of a central processing unit (CPU) core mapped to the receive queue should be adjusted based on the queue depth, and adjusting the power state of the CPU core responsive to a determination that the power state of the CPU core should be adjusted.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a trusted and secure emulated device. The emulated device can be assigned to a service based on attestation of a hardware platform of the emulated device, assignment of the emulated device to a trust domain, and attestation of a device configuration associated with the emulated device.

Abstract: Technologies for deploying virtual machines (VMs) in a virtual network function (VNF) infrastructure include a compute device configured to collect a plurality of performance metrics based on a set of key performance indicators, determine a key performance indicator value for each of the set of key performance indicators based on the collected plurality of performance metrics, and determine a service quality index for a virtual machine (VM) instance of a plurality of VM instances managed by the compute as a function each key performance indicator value. Additionally, the compute device is configured to determine whether the determined service quality index is acceptable and perform, in response to a determination that the determined service quality index is not acceptable, an optimization action to ensure the VM instance is deployed on an acceptable host of the compute device. Other embodiments are described herein.

Abstract: A system for temporarily mounting overhead equipment on a utility pole without damaging the pole and at least one assembly for use therein are provided. Each assembly includes an enclosure having a first and second opposed multilayered parts. Each of the parts has a rigid substrate layer underlying a compressible, gripping layer. The substrate layers are hingedly secured to one another by a hinge area which allows the parts to temporarily and repeatedly open and close in a closed configuration. The gripping layers of the parts are configured to apply a clamping force at opposite circumferential surfaces of the pole in the closed configuration. The assembly also includes a support member fixedly secured to one of the substrate layers and configured to support the overhead equipment. The clamping force is sufficient to maintain the assembly and the supported overhead equipment at a desired overhead location on the pole.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer platforms and architectures employing many-to-many and many-to-one peripheral switches. The methods and apparatus may be implemented on computer platforms having multiple nodes, such as those employing a Non-uniform Memory Access (NUMA) architecture, wherein each node comprises a plurality of components including a processor having at least one level of memory cache and being operatively coupled to system memory and operatively coupled to a many-to-many peripheral switch that includes a plurality of downstream ports to which NICs and/or peripheral expansion slots are operatively coupled, or a many-to-one switch that enables a peripheral device to be shared by multiple nodes. During operation, packets are received at the NICs and DMA memory writes are initiated using memory write transactions identifying a destination memory address.

Abstract: Example heating and cooling systems for edge data centers are disclosed herein. A system disclosed herein includes a subterranean vault to be disposed at least partially below ground level an of environment, an edge data center in the subterranean vault, and a geothermal heat pump system to regulate a temperature of ambient air in the subterranean vault.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to extending a first trust domain of a service to a service mesh interface executed in a network interface device and to at least one device coupled to the network interface device. In some examples, extending the first trust domain of the service to the service mesh interface executed in the network interface device and to the at least one device coupled to the network interface device includes causing execution of the service mesh interface in a second trust domain in the network interface device; providing a third trust domain for the at least one device, when connected to the network interface device; and extending the first trust domain into the second trust domain or the third trust domain.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer platforms and architectures employing many-to-many and many-to-one peripheral switches. The methods and apparatus may be implemented on computer platforms having multiple nodes, such as those employing a Non-uniform Memory Access (NUMA) architecture, wherein each node comprises a plurality of components including a processor having at least one level of memory cache and being operatively coupled to system memory and operatively coupled to a many-to-many peripheral switch that includes a plurality of downstream ports to which NICs and/or peripheral expansion slots are operatively coupled, or a many-to-one switch that enables a peripheral device to be shared by multiple nodes. During operation, packets are received at the NICs and DMA memory writes are initiated using memory write transactions identifying a destination memory address.

Abstract: Technologies for deploying virtual machines (VMs) in a virtual network function (VNF) infrastructure include a compute device configured to collect a plurality of performance metrics based on a set of key performance indicators, determine a key performance indicator value for each of the set of key performance indicators based on the collected plurality of performance metrics, and determine a service quality index for a virtual machine (VM) instance of a plurality of VM instances managed by the compute as a function each key performance indicator value. Additionally, the compute device is configured to determine whether the determined service quality index is acceptable and perform, in response to a determination that the determined service quality index is not acceptable, an optimization action to ensure the VM instance is deployed on an acceptable host of the compute device. Other embodiments are described herein.

Abstract: Technologies for applying a redundancy encoding scheme to segmented portions of a data block include an endpoint computing device communicatively coupled to a destination computing device. The endpoint computing device is configured to divide a block of data into a plurality of data segments as a function of a transmit window size and a redundancy encoding scheme, and generate redundant data usable to reconstruct each of the plurality of data segments. The endpoint computing device is additionally configured to format a series of network packets that each includes a data segment of the plurality of data segments and generated redundant data for at least one other data segment of the plurality of data segments. Further, the endpoint computing device is configured to transport each of the series of network packets to a destination computing device. Other embodiments are described herein.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a executing a service mesh in a trust domain in a network interface device and executing one or more services in a second trust domain in one or more devices. In some examples, the network interface device is configured to determine trust domain capabilities of the network interface device and provide the trust domain capabilities based on a query.