Abstract: Apparatus and methods for achieving uniform heating or cooling of a substrate during a rapid thermal process are disclosed. More particularly, apparatus and methods for controlling the temperature of an edge ring supporting a substrate and/or a reflector plate during a rapid thermal process to improve temperature uniformity across the substrate are disclosed, which include a thermal mass or plate adjacent the edge ring to heat or cool the edge ring.

Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and methods for achieving uniform heating to a substrate during a rapid thermal process. More particularly, the present invention provides apparatus and methods for controlling the temperature of an edge ring supporting a substrate during a rapid thermal process to improve temperature uniformity across the substrate.

Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein in one implementation of the method a memory buffer is allocated in a host memory by a protocol processor, wherein the host memory is comprised in a host that is coupled to a network adapter. A packet is processed initially at the network adapter to generate data for offloading to the memory buffer in the host. The generated data is offloaded by the protocol processor to the memory buffer in the host. The offloaded data is processed by the protocol processor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating ringing of one or more dual mode communication devices and one or more fixed communication devices in an IP-based communication system. The method comprises receiving a first invite message corresponding to an incoming call for dual mode communication device or the fixed communication device. The method further comprises determining whether the dual mode communication device and the fixed communication device are located within a predetermined area. When the dual mode communication device and the fixed communication device are located within a predetermined area, the method determines whether a simultaneous ringing feature is active. If the simultaneous ringing feature is active, both the dual mode communication device and the fixed communication device are allowed to join the incoming call simultaneously.

Abstract: A method (200) for managing communication devices is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request by the receiver (304) from a first communication device, for placing the first communication device in an active communication session. The request comprises information corresponding to identity of the first communication device. The method (200) also includes identifying an active communication session on the basis of identity of the first communication device. Further, the method (200) includes placing the first communication device in the active communication session.

Abstract: A system and method for developing a virtual instrument for a simulation environment. First user input may be received to a graphical user interface (GUI) specifying functionality of the virtual instrument. The GUI may include a graphical programming development environment and the virtual instrument may include a graphical program. Second user input to the GUI specifying a graphical front panel of the virtual instrument may be received. The graphical front panel may allow a user to interact with the virtual instrument. A virtual instrument may be created in response to the first and second user input. The virtual instrument may be executable in the simulation environment to interact with a simulated circuit. The virtual instrument may be operable to interact with real world input/output.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems operable to detect the presence of clients and communicate their location updates in separate gateway devices, wherein the clients and their functions are physically or logically separated from the gateway functions in the premise gateways, yet state changes in the clients are recognized in the premise gateways. In one embodiment, there is provided a method for detecting and communicating a presence status of a device to provide multiple services to the at least one device, comprising: detecting a first state change of the device at a location, the detecting is external to the device; detecting a first presence status of the device at the location based on the detected first state change; and communicating the detected first presence status of the device to provide the device with first one of the multiple services that is associated with the detected first presence status at the location.

Abstract: A forwarding device compares a first address from a first coherent input/output (I/O) transaction with an address from at least one processor-issued transaction to determine if an address conflict exists. The forwarding device completes a first processor-issued transaction of the at least one processor-issued transaction if the address conflict exists and rejects the first coherent I/O transaction. The forwarding device holds remaining processor transactions of the at least one processor-issued transaction that have an address conflict with the first address of the first coherent I/O transaction. The forwarding device transmits the first coherent I/O transaction to an external I/O device, waits for the first coherent I/O transaction to return from the external I/O device, and completes the first coherent I/O transaction. The forwarding device releases the remaining processor transactions once the first coherent I/O transaction has been completed.

Abstract: A system and method for providing multiprocessors with private memory are described. In one embodiment, a first chip couples to a plurality of processor chips. In one embodiment, the first chip includes memory management circuitry and system coherency circuitry. In one embodiment, the memory management circuitry assigns segments of memory to be system memory sections or private memory sections within a segment. In one embodiment, the system coherency circuitry maintains coherence of entries in the system memory.

Abstract: An EPROM cell includes a control gate and a control transistor. A portion of the control transistor is formed as a portion of the control gate.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product, by which portions of the session information that page-content is dependent upon are “pushed” to the client from the origin server in a way such that auxiliary servers, e.g. other application servers and edge-servers, have access to the session information and fragment dependancy data to generate auxiliary-server cache-IDs for the custom pages. This enables distribution of the load away from the origin server, allowing better application distribution and scalability through more effective caching.

Abstract: A nozzle comprising a thin, flexible substantially planar polymeric film having a plurality of pores with structures allowing for generation of an aerosol at reduced extrusion pressure is disclosed. The pores can comprise at least two sections, or steps, in which the thickness of the membrane is reduced in stepwise fashion, or the pores can be tapered. Nozzles formed comprising pores having such structures permit aerosol generation at lower extrusion pressures, thereby allowing for decreased weight of aerosolization devices, increased efficiency, increased portability and increased battery life. The pore structures also allow for the use of thicker, more easily processed polymeric films in manufacturing while having a thinner, more efficient aerosolization area. The use of decreased extrusion pressures also results in increased uniformity in aerosol generation and improved reliability of other components.

Abstract: An IP network includes a central entity and at least one customer premises equipment (CPE) device. The central entity generates a program clock reference (PCR) clock and provides audio-visual packets to a CPE based on the PCR clock. The CPE sets a first clock based on the PCR clock for decoding operations. The CPE sets a second clock that is independent from the first clock for audio and video output operations. For example, the CPE can process the audio-visual packets using the second clock.

Abstract: A lateral FET cell is formed in a body of semiconductor material. The lateral FET cell includes a super junction structure formed in a drift region between a drain contact and a body region. The super junction structure includes a plurality of spaced apart filled trenches bounding in part a multiplicity of striped doped regions having opposite or alternating conductivity types.

Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for performing forecast scoring based upon time series data that is indicative of a data generation activity occurring over a period of time. One or more data stores store historical data and future data. The historical data includes historical exogenous inputs. The future data includes future exogenous inputs. A dynamic statistical model receives the historical data and future data that are stored in the one or more data stores. The dynamic statistical model is to provide forecast scoring based upon the historical exogenous inputs and the future exogenous inputs. An optimizer having an objective function iteratively varies the future data, so that forecasts associated with the varying future data values are generated by the dynamic statistical model for evaluation by the objective function.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the handling of interrupts in a environment that utilizes virtual machines, and, more specifically, to the steering of interrupts between multiple logical processors running virtual machines.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for maintaining a floating point data segment selector are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the detection of a micro-operation of a memory referencing macro-instruction from one or more micro-operations to be retired during a system clock cycle. When the detected micro-operation triggers an event, a micro-code event handler is triggered to initiate an update of a floating point data segment selector information associated with the detected micro-operation. Otherwise, FDS update device is triggered to update the floating point data segment selector information associated with the detected micro-operation.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for modulating ACK/NACK persistence to improve data traffic performance. In one implementation, a method for control of automatic repeat requests between a transmitting terminal (102) and a receiving terminal (104) comprises: defining (1404) a buffer window of a buffer, the window to buffer multiple higher layer data blocks each segmented into multiple physical layer data blocks, the window beginning at a current higher layer block in which at least one physical layer block has not been received; obtaining (1406) an indication of whether physical layer blocks are completely received; determining (1408), based on the obtaining step, that a subsequent higher layer block within the window has been completely received; and discarding (1410) the current higher layer block when a time delay of the current higher layer block exceeds an estimate of a delay tolerance corresponding to a higher layer application.

Abstract: During reception of a higher-layer packet, segmented into lower-layer frames, a receiver will appropriately determine if a lower-layer frame was correctly received. If a lower-layer frame is not correctly received, and the maximum number of NAKs have been sent, the lower-layer frame is categorized as aborted. Once a frame has been categorized as aborted, the receiver determines an RLP frame corresponding to the higher layer packet boundary, sets V(N) to a next missing link-layer frame after a higher-layer packet boundary and pushes frames up to V(N) to the higher layer.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a lateral FET cell is formed in a body of semiconductor material. The body of semiconductor material includes alternating layers of opposite conductivity type that extend between a trench drain region and a trench gate structure. The trench gate structure controls at least one sub-surface channel region. The body of semiconductor material provides sub-surface drift regions to reduce on resistance without increasing device area.