Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst useful for removal of hydrogen sulphide from gas streams and its conversion to sulphur, a process for preparing such catalyst and a method for removing of hydrogen sulphide using said catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst useful for removal of hydrogen sulphide from gas streams and its conversion to sulphur, a process for preparing such catalyst and a method for removing of hydrogen sulphide using said catalyst.

Abstract: A statistics data collection mechanism for distributed, high-speed data processing environments is described. According to one embodiment, an update message containing statistics data related to a data packet carried along a virtual connection is assembled and the update message is then transmitted to a statistics collection engine for further processing. According to another embodiment, the update message is received from one or more processing devices, and multiple counters are then updated to store the statistics data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst useful for removal of hydrogen sulphide from gas streams and its conversion to sulphur, a process for preparing such catalyst and a method for removing of hydrogen sulphide using said catalyst.

Abstract: A technique is described for enabling routing of metallisation wires over sensitive cells of an integrated circuit by means of a global router after the cell circuits have been designed. At least one cell includes dedicated route paths (32, 36, 40, 46) as part of the cell design. The paths may include alternative paths (32 and 36), and concurrently usable paths (40 and 46). By including the routes as part of the cell design, the subsequent problems of a global routing tool routing wires over sensitive areas of the cell can be avoided, and the number of wire routes can be controlled. The global router operates by detecting whether dedicated routes are provided and, if so, identifying the entry/exit points for routes to be used.

Abstract: A circuit for translating a configuration file used to configure a programmable logic device includes a first register to serially receive configuration data. A second register receives, in parallel, configuration data from the first register. A translation address memory translates an original address for a selected configuration bit of the configuration data to a translated address. A translation memory stores the selected configuration bit at the translated address. Control logic selectively downloads configuration data from the translation memory to a programmable logic device core.