Abstract: A power steering apparatus for a vehicle includes a column shaft, a column pipe rotatably supporting the column shaft through a plurality of bearings, and a torque sensor for detecting torque generated on the column shaft by using magnetism. The column pipe is composed of a steel pipe. The torque sensor includes a magnetically variable portion and a magnetic change detector. The magnetically variable portion is disposed on the column shaft and has a magnetic permeability that varies with the torque generated on the column shaft. The magnetic change detector is configured to detect a change in the magnetism of the magnetically variable portion. The magnetic change detector is attached to the column pipe by being inserted in an axial direction through an opening at an axial end of the column pipe.

Abstract: A switch apparatus for connecting an arithmetic processing apparatus and a control apparatus that controls the processing apparatus to an I/O apparatus is disclosed, the switch apparatus includes: a switch unit that connects either the processing apparatus or the control apparatus to the I/O; a first input/output control unit that outputs a first command that is received from the processing apparatus to the I/O through the switch unit, receives a response from the I/O that is operated based on the first command, through the switch unit, and outputs the received response to the processing apparatus; and a second input/output control unit that outputs a second command that is received from the control apparatus, to the I/O through the switch unit, receives a test result of the I/O that is tested based on the second command, through the switch unit, and outputs the received test result to the control apparatus.

Abstract: An accelerator management device includes an accelerator link DB that stores an accelerator identifier in association with an application identifier. The accelerator management device includes the accelerator mounting information DB that stores the accelerator identifier of an accelerator mounted in a slot in association with each slot identifier used to identify each slot of an expansion I/O box. The accelerator management device specifies an accelerator identifier corresponding to an application by referring to the accelerator link DB when an execution request of an application is received from a host. The accelerator management device specifies a slot identifier corresponding to the specified accelerator identifier by referring to the accelerator mounting information DB. The accelerator management device assigns the slot that is identified through the slot identifier which is specified by the second specifying unit to the host.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser element includes: a light emitting layer of a nitride semiconductor that is placed above a substrate of GaN and has a refractive index higher than the substrate, wherein the semiconductor laser element further includes the following layers between the substrate and the light emitting layer in an order from the substrate: a first nitride semiconductor layer of AlGaN; a second nitride semiconductor layer of AlGaN having an Al ratio higher than the first nitride semiconductor layer; a third nitride semiconductor layer of an InGaN; and a fourth nitride semiconductor layer of AlGaN having an Al ratio higher than the first nitride semiconductor layer and having a thickness greater than the second nitride semiconductor layer.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a data transferring unit configured to directly transfer data to a first memory area allocated to a virtual machine from an input/output device for controlling a data input/output to/from an external device by mutually translating between an address of the first memory area allocated to the virtual machine and an address of a second memory area that is a real memory of the first memory area; a detecting unit configured to detect the data directly transferred from the input/output device to the first memory area allocated to the virtual machine; a registering unit configured to generate update information about the first memory area changed using the detected data and to store the update information in a first storing unit when the detected data satisfies a predetermined condition; and an outputting unit configured to output the update information.

Abstract: This gas mixing device includes a main gas flow path, an additive gas flow path, a mixing section, and a flow rate control unit. A pilot type pressure regulating unit configured to regulate pressure of a main gas based on a pressure in the additive gas flow path and a mass flow meter configured to detect the flow rate of the main gas flow path are provided on the main gas flow path. An additive gas flow rate regulator configured to regulate a flow rate of an additive gas is provided on the additive gas flow path. The flow rate control unit controls the flow rate of the additive gas using the additive gas flow rate regulator based on a flow rate of the main gas detected by the mass flow meter.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor laser diode comprises a substrate; an n-side nitride semiconductor layer containing an n-type impurity and disposed on the substrate; an active layer having a light emitting layer including InxAlyGa1-x-yN (0<x<1, 0?y<1, and 0<x+y<1) and disposed on the n-side nitride semiconductor layer; and a p-side nitride semiconductor layer containing a p-type impurity and disposed on the active layer. The lasing wavelength of the nitride semiconductor laser diode is 500 nm or greater.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is configured comprising a necessary/unnecessary determination data generating unit configured to generate necessary/unnecessary determination data; an image encoding unit assigning identification information respectively to, and recording, in a recording unit, each piece of data after division of each moving image of a moving image after encoding, a necessary/unnecessary determining unit configured to determine an unnecessary moving image frame based on necessary/unnecessary determination data; and a moving image file managing unit configured to rewrite information indicating a state of data at a recording unit in the recording unit corresponding to a moving image frame determined as unnecessary moving image frame by the necessary/unnecessary determining unit into information that there is no data.

Abstract: A data processing device 1 comprises: first processors (2-i (i=1, 2, . . . , n)) that initialize the data processing device based on boot programs; a chip set (4) that includes first memories (4a-j (j=1, 2, . . . , m)) that store the first boot program (Pj (j=1, 2, . . . , m)) respectively and a memory controller (4b) that reads out the first boot program (Pj (j=1, 2, . . . , m)); second buses (5-i (i=1, 2, . . . , n)) that are arranged between the memory controller (4b) and the first processors (2-i (i=1, 2, . . . , n)) respectively, and do not require initialization based on boot programs before use; and first buses (3-i (i=1, 2, . . . , n)) that are connected with the first processors (2-i (i=1, 2, . . . , n)) and require initialization based on boot programs before use.

Abstract: A switch apparatus capable of being coupled to a computer and a plurality of devices, the switch apparatus includes: a first bridge coupled to the computer; a second-bridge group coupled to the devices; and a controller for controlling the connection relationship between the first bridge and the second-bridge group, wherein the controller assigns physical identifiers having different bus identifiers to the plurality of devices, assigns logical identifiers to the devices in accordance with an identifier assigned to the first bridge in response to an instruction for reading connection states of the devices received from the computer when the computer is coupled to the first bridge, and converts a physical identifier and a logical identifier of a packet transmitted between the first bridge and the second-bridge group in accordance with the correspondence relationships between the physical identifiers and the logical identifiers.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser element includes: a light emitting layer of a nitride semiconductor that is placed above a substrate of GaN and has a refractive index higher than the substrate, wherein the semiconductor laser element further includes the following layers between the substrate and the light emitting layer in an order from the substrate: a first nitride semiconductor layer of AlGaN; a second nitride semiconductor layer of AlGaN having an Al ratio higher than the first nitride semiconductor layer; a third nitride semiconductor layer of an InGaN; and a fourth nitride semiconductor layer of AlGaN having an Al ratio higher than the first nitride semiconductor layer and having a thickness greater than the second nitride semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A relay device includes: memories, each memory being operable to store at least a data pair formed of a MAC address and a port number; a search unit to search only amongst ones of the memories having valid data pairs when searching for a port number based upon a MAC address; a data moving unit to move valid data pairs to different locations within the plurality of memories in order to reduce a total number of memories, amongst the plurality thereof, having valid data pairs; and a power supply controller to selectively stop supplying power to ones of the memories storing only invalid data.

Abstract: A magnetostrictive torque sensor device which detects a torque applied to a rotary shaft is provided. The magnetostrictive torque sensor device includes a magnetostrictive portion provided on a surface of the rotary shaft, a coil and a cylindrical back-yoke disposed in outer periphery of the coil. The coil includes a bobbin arranged in outer periphery of the magnetostrictive portion, and a wire wound around the bobbin. A slit is provided on the back-yoke.

Abstract: A switching circuit connected to an I/O device having a plurality of functions, the switching circuit comprising: a processing unit that includes tables, each of which corresponds to one of the function of the I/O device, when the processing unit receives a packet that instructs to add a function to the I/O device, configured to select the table that contains a bus number of a destination of the received packet, and configured to notify a number of the selected table; and a filter configured to change a function number of the destination of the received packet to the number of the table notified from the processing unit.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor laser diode comprises a substrate; an n-side nitride semiconductor layer containing an n-type impurity and disposed on the substrate; an active layer having a light emitting layer including InxAlyGa1?x?yN (0<x<1, 0?y<1, and 0<x+y<1) and disposed on the n-side nitride semiconductor layer; and a p-side nitride semiconductor layer containing a p-type impurity and disposed on the active layer. The lasing wavelength of the nitride semiconductor laser diode is 500 nm or greater.

Abstract: A network connection device includes a processor and a switch unit. The processor learns an address. The switch unit outputs a packet received from a first port out of a plurality of ports to a second port. The switch unit manages a table including an entry which includes an address, status data, and an identifier of a port. The switch unit generates a first entry including a first address included in a first packet received via a first port, status data indicating “learning”, and an identifier of the first port, in the absence of the first address in the table, and requests the processor to learn the first address. The switch unit withholds requesting the processor to learn a second address included in a second packet received via the first port, when the second address is included in a second entry along with status data indicating “learning”.

Abstract: An accelerator management device includes an accelerator link DB that stores an accelerator identifier in association with an application identifier. The accelerator management device includes the accelerator mounting information DB that stores the accelerator identifier of an accelerator mounted in a slot in association with each slot identifier used to identify each slot of an expansion I/O box. The accelerator management device specifies an accelerator identifier corresponding to an application by referring to the accelerator link DB when an execution request of an application is received from a host. The accelerator management device specifies a slot identifier corresponding to the specified accelerator identifier by referring to the accelerator mounting information DB. The accelerator management device assigns the slot that is identified through the slot identifier which is specified by the second specifying unit to the host.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor laser diode includes a substrate, an n-side nitride semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, an active layer formed on the n-side nitride semiconductor layer and having a light emitting layer including InxAlyGa1-x-yN (0<x<1, 0 y<1, 0<x+y<1), and a p-side nitride semiconductor layer formed on the active layer.

Abstract: A transmission information transfer apparatus for realizing the MAC VLAN function with low latency includes: a VLAN table memory that manages a VID and a VLAN membership; a VLAN cache which is a cache memory that manages a VLAN Cache Index and VLAN membership in association with one another; an FDB that manages the VID, DA, and output port information in association with one another and further manages the VID, SA, and VLAN Cache Index in association with one another; an extraction section that extracts the VID, DA, and SA included in an input packet; an FDB search section that acquires output port information associated with the VID and DA, as well as the VLAN Cache Index associated with the VID and SA; a table controller that acquires the VLAN membership associated with the VLAN Cache Index; and an output port determination section that determines an output port of a packet.

Abstract: A transmission information transfer apparatus includes: an FDB that manages IP addresses in association with a plurality of respective input/output sections; an IP packet recognition section that determines whether input transmission information includes an IP address indicating the destination of the input transmission information; an FDB reference section and output port determination section that determine, in the case where the input transmission information includes an IP address, whether the IP address included in the input transmission information and predetermined IP address associated with any one of the plurality of input/output sections different from an input/output section coincides with one another; and an output port determination section that sets, in the case where it has been determined that the IP address included in the input transmission information as the destination of the input transmission information and the predetermined IP address coincides with one another, any one of the pluralit