Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system for measuring a network delay are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring delay measurement information obtained by measuring a service flow by at least one target logical port TLP, where the delay measurement information includes: timestamp information, a service flow identifier, and a TLP identifier; and transmitting the delay measurement information to a measurement control point MCP, so that the MCP determines details about a network delay according to the timestamp information, the service flow identifier, and the TLP identifier. Embodiments of the present application further provide an apparatus and a system for measuring a network delay. Embodiments of the present application achieve direct and accurate delay measurement of a service flow in scenarios of point to point transmission or point to multipoint transmission on the network, and reflect details about a real delay of the service flow.

Abstract: A Memory management method for a storage device having a rewritable non-volatile memory module is provided. The rewritable non-volatile memory module has a plurality of physical blocks divided into a plurality of block stripes. The method includes: scanning the physical blocks to identify one or more bad physical blocks among the physical blocks; calculating a plurality of effective weight values corresponding to the block stripes according to a plurality of data accessing time parameters of the rewritable non-volatile memory module, a plurality of valid data counts, and the identified one or more bad physical blocks; and selecting a target block stripe from the block stripes according to the effective weight values to perform a garbage collection operation.

Abstract: A heat-dissipating device includes a condenser and an evaporator. The condenser includes a shell and a main capillary wick. The shell has a chamber and a through hole communicating with the chamber. The main capillary wick is disposed in the chamber. The evaporator has an evaporating section, a gas conduit and a liquid conduit. The evaporating section has a gas cavity, and the liquid conduit communicating with the chamber and filling with a liquid. The liquid conduit having a hole communicating with the gas cavity is inserted in the gas conduit and the gas cavity. A stepped area is formed between the liquid conduit and the chamber for gathering the liquid flowing into the liquid conduit.

Abstract: A technique for repairing damage to a file system stores compression headers in association with respective extents of in-line compressed data. A repair utility reads contents from the compression headers and applies the contents to repair damaged metadata structures that the file system uses to access the associated extents. In this fashion, the repair utility restores access to compressed data, which would otherwise be lost.

Abstract: A method configured to be implemented on at least one image processing device for enhancing edges in images includes obtaining, by the at least one imaging processing device, image data of an image, wherein the image includes a plurality of pixels, and each of the plurality of pixels has a luminance value and a motion intensity value. The method also includes performing at least one filtering operation to the image to obtain, by the at least one imaging processing device, one or more filtered values for each pixel. The method further includes performing a first logical operation to the one or more filtered values of each pixel in the image to obtain, by the at least one imaging processing device, an edge value and an edge enhancement coefficient for each pixel in the image.

Abstract: A defect pattern grouping method is disclosed. The defect pattern grouping method comprises obtaining a first polygon that represents a first defect from an image of a sample, comparing the first polygon with a set of one or more representative polygons of a defect-pattern collection, and grouping the first polygon with any one or more representative polygons identified based on the comparison.

Abstract: A decoding method and a storage controller for a rewritable non-volatile memory module are provided. The method includes choosing a target word line among a plurality of word lines, wherein a plurality of target memory cells of the target word-line are programmed; reading the target memory cells by respectively using different X read voltage sets, so as to obtain X Gray code count deviation summations, wherein the X read voltage sets and the corresponding X Gray code count deviation summations are all ordered based on a first predefined order; and choosing one of the X read voltage sets as an optimized read voltage set according to the X Gray code count deviation summations.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for annealing a semiconductor structure. In one embodiment, the method includes providing an energy-converting structure proximate a semiconductor structure, the energy-converting structure comprising a material having a loss tangent larger than that of the semiconductor structure; providing a heat reflecting structure between the semiconductor structure and the energy-converting structure; and providing microwave radiation to the energy-converting structure and the semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure may include at least one material selected from the group consisting of boron-doped silicon germanium, silicon phosphide, titanium, nickel, silicon nitride, silicon dioxide, silicon carbide, n-type doped silicon, and aluminum capped silicon carbide. The heat reflecting structure may include a material substantially transparent to microwave radiation and having substantial reflectivity with respect to infrared radiation.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chemical vapor deposition apparatus and associated methods. In some embodiments, the CVD apparatus has a vacuum chamber and a gas import having a gas import axis through which a process gas is imported into the vacuum chamber and being arranged near an upper region of the vacuum chamber. At least one exhaust port is arranged near a bottom region of the vacuum chamber. The CVD apparatus also has a shower head arranged under the gas import having a plurality of holes formed there through with at least two different diameters or densities. The shower head redistributes the process gas to form a precursor material with an uneven thickness that matches a remove profile of a subsequent CMP process. As a result, planarity of the formed layer after the CMP process is improved.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a memory, one or more hardware engines, and a processor. The memory may be configured to store a feature map pyramid comprising an original feature map and a plurality of scaled feature maps. The one or more hardware engines may be configured to perform pooling operations utilizing power of two down sampling. The processor may be configured to generate the feature map pyramid from the original feature map using said one or more hardware engines.

Abstract: A system and method for filling light for video images are provided. The method may include: obtaining, by at least one video processing device, a first image including a plurality of reference pixels and is associated with at least one brightness direction; for each of the plurality of reference pixels, obtaining, by the at least one video processing device, a reference brightness value; identifying, by the at least one video processing device, a target brightness direction from the at least one brightness direction; for each of the plurality of reference pixels, determining a brightness enhancement multiplier for the reference pixel based on the plurality of reference brightness values and locations of the plurality of reference pixels along the target brightness direction of the first image; and modifying, by the at least one video processing device, brightness of the first image at least based on the brightness enhancement multipliers.

Abstract: A decoding method and a storage controller for a rewritable non-volatile memory module are provided. The method includes choosing a target word line among a plurality of word lines, wherein a plurality of target memory cells of the target word-line are programmed; reading the target memory cells by respectively using different X read voltage sets, so as to obtain X Gray code count deviation summations, wherein the X read voltage sets and the corresponding X Gray code count deviation summations are all ordered based on a first predefined order; and choosing one of the X read voltage sets as an optimized read voltage set according to the X Gray code count deviation summations.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for event messaging over a network. A subscription interface receives data indicative of a subscription request for sessionized data. An allocation module allocates a sessionizer bank linked to the subscription request. A messaging interface module provisions identifiers linked to the respective processing engines of the sessionizer bank. The messaging interface module registers the allocated sessionizer bank as available to process event messages matching the subscription request by providing the provisioned identifiers. The messaging interface module receives event messages from a producer device linked by a collection server to a selected one of the processing engines of the sessionizer bank. The selected one of the processing engine processes the received event messages in accordance with session rule data linked to the subscription request to generate sessionized data.

Abstract: A data inconsistency is detected in a file system data block of a file system. The file system includes a set of files, each file includes a set of file system data blocks. Information regarding a file including the data inconsistency is provided to a client of the file system. Based on the information, the client is enabled to determine an action for recovering from the data inconsistency.

Abstract: A method and system for inspecting defects saves scanned raw data as an original image so as to save time for repeated scanning and achieve faster defect inspection and lower false rate by reviewing suspicious defects and other regions of interest in the original image by using the same or different image-processing algorithm with the same or different parameters.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system for measuring a network delay are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring delay measurement information obtained by measuring a service flow by at least one target logical port TLP, where the delay measurement information includes: timestamp information, a service flow identifier, and a TLP identifier; and transmitting the delay measurement information to a measurement control point MCP, so that the MCP determines details about a network delay according to the timestamp information, the service flow identifier, and the TLP identifier. Embodiments of the present application further provide an apparatus and a system for measuring a network delay. Embodiments of the present application achieve direct and accurate delay measurement of a service flow in scenarios of point to point transmission or point to multipoint transmission on the network, and reflect details about a real delay of the service flow.

Abstract: A high-temperature, high-pressure, and low-velocity gas microtube viscosity measuring apparatus that comprises a thermotank, a fluid filtering and measuring device, a micro-pressure difference metering device, and a data acquisition and processing system. The fluid filtering and measuring device includes a filter, a microtube connector, a flow rate measuring liquid storage tank, an automatic micro-flow rate metering device, and an intermediate container connected in series via pipelines. The micro-pressure difference metering device is connected at two ends to pipelines at the two ends of the microtube connector via detection pipelines. The data acquisition and processing system is electrically connected to the micro-pressure difference metering device and the automatic micro-flow rate metering device to receive pressure difference data and flow rate data.

Abstract: A method for inline inspection during semiconductor wafer fabrication is provided. The method includes forming a plurality of test structures on a semiconductor wafer along two opposite directions. An offset distance between a sample feature and a target feature of each of the test structures increases gradually along the two opposite directions. The method further includes producing an image of the test structures. The method also includes performing image analysis of the image to recognize a position with an extreme of a gray level. In addition, the method includes calculating an overlay error according to the recognized position.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory array comprising a plurality of phase change memory (PCM) cells; and a controller to determine to read data stored by the plurality of PCM cells independent of a read command from a host device; and in response to the determination to read data stored by the plurality of PCM cells independent of a read command from a host device, perform a dummy read operation on the plurality of PCM cells and perform an additional read operation on the plurality of PCM cells.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for enhancing the semiconductor manufacturing yield. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a yield improvement system. The system comprises a training tool configured to generate training data based on receipt of one or more verified results of an inspection of a first substrate. The system also comprises a point determination tool configured to determine one or more regions on a second substrate to inspect based on the training data, weak point information for the second substrate, and an exposure recipe for a scanner of the second substrate.