Abstract: A controller server includes an assignment unit that assigns devices connected to a server to virtual machines, a usage status management unit that records correspondence between the virtual machines and devices used by the virtual machines, a warning relation management unit that records types of warnings that may occur for each of the devices during maintenance, a maintenance control unit that determines an order of an instruction for suppressing issuance of a warning that may occur for the devices during maintenance and an instruction for evacuating an affected virtual machine among the virtual machines to another server, a warning exclusion setting unit that instructs the server to exclude issuance of a warning that may occur for a device due to the maintenance, and an affected user specification evacuation unit that specifies the affected virtual machine, and evacuates the affected virtual machine from the server to the another server.

Abstract: A communication system in which a server-side system and a client-side system are communicably connected via a network, the server-side system including: an information reception unit that receives an input information packet including input information and loss chunk numbers from the client-side system; a video processing unit that generates video data; a chunking function unit that chunks the video data and assigns a number to each chunk; a chunk loss determination unit that calculates a chunk loss rate and determines a transmission interval on the basis of a transmission interval determination logic; and a transmission control unit that transmits the chunked video data to the client-side system.

Abstract: A base station switching controller is a power saving base station switching device that switches a base station that processes a wireless access signal, and the base station switching controller includes: a base station optimum allocation/switching determiner that selects one of suitable base stations from a base station pool in which a plurality of base stations having different characteristics according to predetermined requirements are pooled and arranged in advance on the basis of traffic information collected by a traffic information collector; and a network switching controller that switches a network between a network to be connected to a switching source base station and a network to be connected to a switching destination base station.

Abstract: An accelerator offload device that offloads specific processing of an application program to an accelerator includes: a request-related processing part; a request I/O part; a response I/O part; and a response-related processing part. The request-related processing part is configured to perform predetermined processing required before performing offloading to the accelerator and then notify the request I/O part of a request to perform offloading. The request I/O part is configured to operate on a first CPU core to perform request processing of notifying the accelerator of an offload request. The response I/O part is configured to operate on a second CPU core different from the first CPU core to perform response processing of notifying the response-related processing part of operation completion of the accelerator. The response-related processing part is configured to perform an operation described in the application program by using an operation result of the accelerator.

Abstract: A resource scheduling unit of a base station 100 assigns an RE multiplexed in a time domain and a frequency domain to each UE. The resource scheduling unit includes the following: a resource assignment calculation unit that performs scheduling of assigning a resource by assigning the resource to one side of a time axis in a case where traffic between the UE and the base station is equal to or less than a predetermined value; and a sleep control unit that distributes a scheduling result of the resource assignment calculation unit as resource assignment information or sleepable time information to each functional unit that is a part of the base station and is capable of sleeping.

Abstract: A server (30) includes a timing estimation unit (33) that estimates a processing time during which a dedicated processing unit (32) executes dedicated processing on current target data offloaded to the dedicated processing unit (32); and a polling control unit (38) that waits for execution of polling processing for requesting the dedicated processing unit (32) to transmit an execution result of the dedicated processing until the estimated processing time elapses, and executes the polling processing on the dedicated processing unit (32) when the estimated processing time has elapsed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for predicting the gene transfer efficiency of animal cells, comprising (1) measuring the size of transgenic animal cells, and (2) predicting the gene transfer efficiency based on values measured in step (1).

Abstract: An NIC hardware includes an accelerator function and argument data parsing unit that deserializes packet data input from a client side according to a predetermined protocol format and obtains a function name and multiple arguments; an accelerator function and return value data packetization unit that serializes a function name and arguments input from an accelerator according to a predetermined protocol format and packetizes the function name and arguments as a payload; and a data transfer unit that transfers data from the accelerator function and argument data parsing unit to a server.

Abstract: An on-server data transmission device (200) that performs data transfer control on an interface part in a user space includes: a data transfer part (220) configured to launch a thread that monitors packet arrivals using a polling model; and a sleep control manager (210) configured to manage data arrival schedule information and deliver the data arrival schedule information to the data transfer part (220), to perform sleep control on the data transfer part (220). The data transfer part (220) is configured to put the thread into a sleep state based on the data arrival schedule information delivered from the sleep control manager (210) and cause a timer to expire immediately before an arrival of data to perform cancellation of the sleep state, causing the thread to wake up.

Abstract: A resource dynamic allocation device includes: a unit thread ID acquisitor that acquires identification information of an application process initialized at a time of activation, identification information of a thread which is included in the application process and to which a possible physical resource on a physical server is allocated, and identification information of the physical resource allocated to the thread; and a resource recorder/allocator that freezes all threads of the initialized application process and freezes the thread or unfreezes the thread in accordance with any one of transfer traffic, a resource load, and a load of the application process.

Abstract: An OS (120) of a client (100) includes: an L3/L4 protocol/ACC function/argument data packetizing unit (121) that serializes a function name/argument input from an application side according to a format of a predetermined protocol and packetizes the function name/argument as a payload; and an L3/L4 protocol/ACC function/return value data parsing unit (122) that deserializes packet data input from a server (200) side according to a format of a predetermined protocol and acquires a function name/execution result.

Abstract: A scheduling device includes a controller unit that acquires a model used by each task, an FPGA control unit that performs control to switch a setting of the FPGA in such a manner that the model acquired by the controller unit becomes processable, and a scheduler unit that refers to a queue that stores a task for each model used by each task, reads a task using a model that has become processable by switching by the FPGA control unit, and causes the FPGA to execute the task.

Abstract: A communication system in which a server-side system and a client-side system are communicably connected via a network, the server-side system including: an information reception unit that receives an input information packet including input information and loss chunk numbers from the client-side system; a video processing unit that generates video data; a chunking function unit that chunks the video data and assigns a number to each chunk; a chunk loss determination unit that calculates a chunk loss rate and determines a transmission interval on the basis of a transmission interval determination logic; and a transmission control unit that transmits the chunked video data to the client-side system.

Abstract: A management device of an accelerator management mechanism includes a workload management unit that manages correspondence information that associates each workload with an accelerator of a calculation node that may support the workload, and an accelerator management unit that receives an inquiry about a workload from a user terminal, acquires information of an accelerator of a calculation node that may support the workload of the inquiry with reference to the correspondence information, responds to the user terminal with the acquired information, and thereby offloads the workload of the inquiry from the user terminal to the accelerator of the calculation node for which the response has been made.

Abstract: A controller server (10) includes an assignment unit (11a) that assigns devices connected to a server to virtual machines managed by users, a usage status management unit (11b) that records correspondence between the virtual machines and devices used by the virtual machines, a warning relation management unit (11c) that records types of warnings that may occur for each of the devices during maintenance, a maintenance control unit (11d) that, upon accepting a maintenance request, determines an order of an instruction for suppressing issuance of a warning that may occur for the devices during maintenance and an instruction for evacuating an affected virtual machine affected by maintenance among the virtual machines to another server, a warning exclusion setting unit (11e) that instructs the server to exclude issuance of a warning that may occur for a device due to the maintenance, and an affected user specification evacuation unit (11f) that specifies the affected virtual machine on the basis of correspondence

Abstract: A cassette adapter which makes it possible for a second cassette which accommodates a circular wafer of a diameter of 200 mm to be used on a load port ready for a first cassette which accommodates a different circular wafer of another diameter of 300 mm is locked to the load port by an adapter main body locking apparatus. The locking apparatus includes a locking air cylinder serving as a locking member for locking the first cassette to a carrier base of the load port, and a locking target member provided integrally on a rear face of an adapter plate of the cassette adapter for disengageably engaging with a locking pawl at an end of a rod of the air cylinder. A seating sensor mechanism detects that the second cassette is seated at a correct position on the adapter plate.

Abstract: A cassette adapter which makes it possible for a second cassette which accommodates a circular wafer of a diameter of 200 mm to be used on a load port ready for a first cassette which accommodates a different circular wafer of another diameter of 300 mm is locked to the load port by an adapter main body locking apparatus. The locking apparatus includes a locking air cylinder serving as a locking member for locking the first cassette to a carrier base of the load port, and a locking target member provided integrally on a rear face of an adapter plate of the cassette adapter for disengageably engaging with a locking pawl at an end of a rod of the air cylinder. A seating sensor mechanism detects that the second cassette is seated at a correct position on the adapter plate.

Abstract: The thin-film electroluminescent device of the present invention comprises a thin film of a polyoxadiazole derivative represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein each of X.sub.0 and Y.sub.0 independently represents a divalent organic group which may comprise a silicon atom, and n is an integer of 2 or greater,formed as an electroluminescent layer or a charge injecting/transporting layer between electrodes, at least one thereof being transparent. This thin-film electroluminescent device is excellent not only in electroluminescence and capability of charge injection/transport to thereby ensure high light emission efficiency but also in durability such as heat resistance.

Abstract: There is disclosed an EL element having at least one layer made from organic materials between an electron injection electrode and a hole injection electrode, the organic materials consisting of oxadiazole series compounds which have a plurality of oxadiazole rings.

Abstract: An electroluminesence device comprising an organic compound having positive-hole-transporting property and a fluorescent organic compound having electron-transporting property in its luminescence layer interposed between a pair of electrodes. When the electroluminescence device comprises a cyclopentadiene derivative having formula (I) as the fluorescent organic compound, the device can emit blue light which has not been attained so far: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 each independently represent hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, an alicyclic group having 5 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, a halogen, an acyl group, a hydroxyl group, an aryloxy group, an aryl group which may have a substituent, an allyl group, or an aldehyde group.