Abstract: A job assigning apparatus connected to a plurality of arithmetic units for assigning a job to each of the arithmetic units, the job assigning apparatus includes a power consumption acquiring processor for acquiring power consumptions with respect to each of the arithmetic units, a selector for selecting one of the arithmetic units as a submission destination in increasing order of the power consumptions acquired by the power consumption acquiring processor, and a job submitting processor for submitting a job to the submission destination.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a one-segment tuner I/F that is connected to a one-segment tuner, a tuner I/F that is connected to a digital terrestrial tuner, a decoder that selectively decodes a first broadcast signal supplied from the one-segment tuner I/F and a second broadcast signal supplied from the tuner I/F, a general purpose processor that is provided separately from the decoder and decodes the first broadcast signal, and a switch unit that, based on signal intensity of the second broadcast wave, switches the decoding by the decoder between the first broadcast signal and the second broadcast signal while the general purpose processor is decoding the first broadcast signal. The one-segment tuner I/F, the tuner I/F, the decoder, the general purpose processor, and the switch unit are integrated on one chip.

Abstract: In a data processor having a bus controller that performs timing control of access from the CPU operated in synchronization with a high-speed first clock signal to a peripheral circuit operated in synchronization with a low-speed second clock signal, a timing control circuit is provided between the peripheral circuit and the bus controller, and the bus controller causes, in response to a read instruction from the peripheral circuit, the timing control circuit to output data held by the peripheral circuit to the bus controller in synchronization with the cycle of the high-speed clock signal, causes the timing control circuit to start, in response to a write instruction directed to the peripheral circuit, writing into the peripheral circuit in synchronization with the cycle of the high-speed clock signal, and terminates the writing in synchronization with the cycle of the low-speed clock signal.

Abstract: An air condition control device for controlling a plurality of air conditioners which cool a plurality of electronic apparatuses respectively, the air condition control device includes a storage section for storing a heating value information related to respective heating values of the electronic apparatuses, and a controller for detecting that a fault has occurred in one of the air conditioners, specifying any of the electronic apparatuses which has been cooled by the one of the air conditioners having occurred the fault when the fault in the one of the air conditioners is detected, determining a heating value of each of the specified electronic apparatuses on the basis of the heating value information, and setting the air flow rate for at least one of the other air conditioners in accordance with the heating values of the specified electronic apparatuses.

Abstract: The epoxy resin composition of the present invention is characterized in that a polyamide compound having a moiety derived from a hydroxyl substituted aromatic amine having a phenolic hydroxyl group adjacent to an amino group is used as an epoxy resin hardener.

Abstract: Disclosed is a triazole derivative(s) represented by the general formula (1) below or a pharmacologically acceptable salt(s) thereof. Also disclosed are a prodrug(s) of such a triazole derivative(s) and an HSP90 inhibitor(s) containing any one of them as an active constituent. (1) (In the formula, X represents a halogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted alkynyl group or the like; Y represents a mercapto group, a hydroxyl group, an optionally substituted sulfonyl group, an optionally substituted amino group or the like; and R represents an optionally substituted aryl or alkyl group or the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides an arrangement for enabling a plurality of central processing units to share specific resources while ensuring overall reliability owing to domain separation.

Abstract: To improve the speed of accessing a low-speed circuit block from a high-speed circuit block without significantly increasing power consumption.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating liquid for forming an insulation film, which has a small shrinkage in the calcination step in water vapor and is not likely to cause cracking of a resulting silica coating film or detachment thereof from a semiconductor substrate; an insulation film using the same; and a method of producing a compound used in the same. The coating liquid of comprises an inorganic polysilazane whose ratio of a peak area at 4.5 to 5.3 ppm attributed to SiH1 group and SiH2 group with respect to a peak area at 4.3 to 4.5 ppm attributed to SiH3 group in 1H-NMR spectrum is 4.2 to 50; and an organic solvent. The insulation film is obtained using the coating liquid.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a positive photosensitive composition that yields an insulation layer superior not only in high transparency, but also in heat resistance enduring a temperature during the production of a substrate, solvent resistance, and anti-aging property as a permanent resist; a positive permanent resist utilizing the positive photosensitive composition; and a method for producing the positive permanent resist. The present invention provides: a positive photosensitive composition containing (A) a curable silicone resin having a silanol group, which resin has a structure obtained by a reaction between one or more cyclic siloxane compounds represented by the following general formula (1): and one or more arylalkoxysilane compounds represented by the following general formula (2): (B) diazonaphthoquinones, and (C) a solvent; a positive permanent resist using the positive photosensitive composition; and a method for producing the positive permanent resist.

Abstract: An analog input device including a scanning circuit including a first insulation transformer insulating an analog signal inputted from a thermocouple, a power supply section charging a test voltage used for disconnection detection of the thermocouple, a second insulation transformer in which the scanning circuit and the power supply section are connected in parallel, and a control circuit for outputting a pulse signal to be inputted to the second insulation transformer. The second insulation transformer insulates and transfers a drive pulse for switching the scanning circuit and a power supply pulse for feeding power to the power supply section. The control circuit carries out a timing control so that the drive pulse and the power supply pulse are not outputted at the same time. Accordingly, an insulation transformer for application of a test voltage is not required, and thus the total number of the components is reduced to a great extent and reductions in costs and size thereof are realized.

Abstract: To improve the speed of accessing a low-speed circuit block from a high-speed circuit block without significantly increasing power consumption.

Abstract: Provided is a signal transmission circuit capable of realizing the same effects as those in a conventional manner that employs a complicated circuit by using no complicated circuit, that is, by a simple circuit. The signal transmission circuit includes: a transmission path having a first impedance; a terminating resistor having a predetermined resistance; a transmission path having a second impedance, which is connected to the transmission path and the terminating resistor, the second impedance being higher than both of the first impedance and the predetermined resistance; and an input buffer for receiving a signal at a connection portion of the transmission path and the transmission path.

Abstract: Provided is a modem apparatus of power line communication using a power line as a transmission path. The modem apparatus includes: an amplifier for amplifying communication signals and outputting a differential signal obtained from a pair of output signals having a phase difference of 180 degrees therebetween; a signal transformer for applying the amplified communication signals to the power lines; and a balance circuit connected at the primary side of the signal transformer, for enhancing circuit balancing. The balance circuit is constituted by a variable element capable of changing an element value, and there is provided a common mode detecting circuit that detects a common mode current flowing through the secondary side of the signal transformer and that changes the element value of the variable element of the balance circuit such that the detected common mode current becomes small.

Abstract: A data processor that includes a central processing unit, a graphic controller, a display controller, an image recognizing module, a memory controller and image data input units is disclosed. The components can be formed on a single semiconductor substrate. The display controller can perform display control on image data. The image data input unit stores the image data into a first area in the external memory. The image recognizing module or central processing unit executes an image process on the image data in the first area or image data in a second area, and stores a result of the process in a third area of the external memory.

Abstract: In the analog current output circuit according to the present invention, a rising start position and a tilt of an internal control voltage are set such that it crosses, at the maximum of an analog output current, a load end voltage obtained when the resistance of a load is the one near the center of a specification range. According to a comparison result in a comparator, a switch causes a DC/DC converter to input a high reference voltage and causes an output transistor to output a high power supply voltage when the internal control voltage is smaller than the load end voltage and causes the DC/DC converter to input a low reference voltage and causes the output transistor to output a low power supply voltage when the internal control voltage is larger than the load end voltage.

Abstract: To improve the speed of accessing a low-speed circuit block from a high-speed circuit block without significantly increasing power consumption.

Abstract: The semiconductor integrated circuit is provided, in which an external temperature control or temperature monitoring is possible, with little influence by the noise of a system board which mounts the semiconductor integrated circuit. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes the temperature detection circuit which detects the chip temperature, and the functional module which flows a large operating current. An external terminal which supplies operating voltage, and an external terminal which supplies ground voltage are coupled to the functional module. The temperature detection circuit generates a temperature detection signal and a reference signal. The reference signal and the temperature detection signal are led out to the exterior of the semiconductor integrated circuit via a first external output terminal and a second external output terminal, respectively, and are supplied to an external temperature control/monitoring circuit which has a circuitry type of a differential amplifier circuit.

Abstract: A silicon-containing compound of formula (1), and a curing composition containing a silicon-containing compound of formula (1) wherein Z is hydrogen, a silicon-containing compound of formula (1) wherein Z is C2-C4 alkenyl or alkynyl and a hydrosilylation catalyst. The composition has excellent handling and curing properties and provides a cured product with excellent heat resistance and flexibility. In formula (1), Ra-Rg=C1-C12 saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group or C6-C12 aromatic hydrocarbon group. Re and Rf do not simultaneously represent C1-C12 saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group; Y=C2-C4 alkylene; Z=hydrogen or C2-C4 alkenyl or alkynyl; K is 2-7; T is 1-7; P is 0-3; and M and N are numbers selected such that N:M=1:1 to 1:100, that all M's and N's total at least 15, and that the mass average molecular weight of the compound of formula (1) is 3,000 to 1,000,000.

Abstract: An amplifier for amplifying a pulse-like signal output from a secondary side of an isolating transformer, a capacitor connected to a negative feedback loop across the input and output of the amplifier, and a timing control circuit for controlling an FET into a closed state, then controlling a switch into a closed state, and after that controlling the switch into an open state at timing simultaneously with the FET or earlier than the FET are provided, and when the switch is controlled into the open state, an AD converter converts the output signal of the amplifier to a digital signal.