Abstract: The invention provides a light source optimization apparatus including a storage apparatus and a processor. The storage apparatus stores a plurality of modules. The processor is coupled to the storage apparatus and configured to execute the plurality of modules. The plurality of modules include a critical pattern module and a light source optimization module. The critical pattern module retrieves critical pattern data. The light source optimization module executes an ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm according to a preset parameter to adjust an initial light source image to generate an output light source image, and the initial light source image corresponds to the critical pattern data.

Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) driver circuit is configured to drive plural LEDs which are respectively coupled to m scan-lines and n data-lines, wherein m and n are both integers greater than or equal to one. During a driving stage, each of the LEDs is controlled to emit light according to the electrical characteristics on the corresponding scan-line and on the corresponding data-line where the LED is coupled to. The LED driver circuit includes: a power saving control circuit which includes a storage capacitor; a pre-discharging circuit configured to pre-discharge the charges on the m scan-lines to the storage capacitor during a pre-discharging stage; and a pre-charging circuit configured to pre-charge the n data-lines by the charges stored in the storage capacitor during a pre-charging stage.

Abstract: Systems and apparatus for phase calibration in time-of-flight cameras. In particular, systems and methods are presented for a miniaturized cover design that at least partially encloses the time-of-flight (ToF) module. The geometry of the miniaturized design causes the signals reflected from the calibration device back to the ToF imager to have essentially the same time-of-flight. The design of the calibration device prevents the modulated emissions from leaking out to the environment.

Abstract: The computing system trains an end-to-end (E2E) automatic speech recognition (ASR) model, using a transformer-transducer-based deep neural network that comprises a transformer encoder network and a transducer predictor network. The E2E ASR model is trained to have one or more adjustable hyperparameters that are configured to dynamically adjust an efficiency or a performance of the E2E ASR model when the E2E ASR model is deployed onto a device or executed by the device, by identifying one or more conditions of the device associated with computational power of the device and setting at least one of the one or more adjustable hyperparameters based on one or more conditions of the device.

Abstract: A shoelace is provided, including: a core material, defining an axial direction; and a cover layer, sleeved on the core material and being at least partially slidable axially relative to the core material, including a plurality of first strands and a plurality of meshes woven by the plurality of first strands, the core material partially exposed outwardly from the plurality of meshes.

Abstract: A fan assembly including a base, a fan, a light-emitting unit, and a lighting effect component is provided. The fan is rotatably disposed above the base, and includes a central part and multiple blades extending outwards from the central part, and each of the blades has a top surface away from the base. The light-emitting unit is disposed on the base and located between the base and the central part of the fan. The lighting effect component is disposed on the base and surrounds the light-emitting unit. A projection of the lighting effect component projected onto the base is greater than a projection of the fan projected onto the base. A height of the lighting effect component protruding from the base is less than a distance between the top surface of one of the blades and the base. The lighting effect component includes an inclined inner surface.

Abstract: A power converter device is provided. A feedback circuit outputs a comparison output signal. A phase-locked loop circuit provides a phase-locked signal according to a reference clock signal and an inductor voltage in a power converter circuit. An on-time circuit provides an on-time comparing signal according to the phase-locked signal, an input voltage, the inductor voltage and an output voltage of the power converter circuit. A first input terminal of an SR flip-flop receives the on-time comparing signal from the on-time circuit. A second input terminal of the SR flip-flop receives the comparison output signal from the feedback circuit. A frequency control circuit, according to changes in the input voltage and the output voltage of the power converter circuit, instantaneously adjusts the on-time of the on-time comparing signal such that an output terminal of the SR flip-flop outputs the adjusted on-time signal to the power converter circuit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel antibody, an antigen-binding fragment thereof and the uses of the antibody and fragment, wherein the antibody and the fragment comprise specific complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) and/or specifically bind to human CD73 at specific epitopes.

Abstract: A plurality of photovoltaic junctions for a subpixel may be formed in a semiconductor substrate. After thinning the backside of the semiconductor substrate, at least one transparent refraction structure may be formed on the backside surface of the thinned semiconductor substrate. Each transparent refraction structure has a variable thickness that decreases with a lateral distance from a vertical axis passing through a geometrical center of the second-conductivity-type pillar structures for the subpixel. A subpixel optics assembly including an optical lens may be formed over the at least one transparent refraction structure. Each transparent refraction structure may reduce the tilt angle of light that propagate downward into the photodetectors, and increases total internal reflection of light and increase the efficiency of the photodetectors.

Abstract: An inductive module with a miniaturized metamaterial structure includes an insulating substrate, two coil units, and a magnetic unit. The insulating substrate has opposing first and second surfaces and a through hole extending between the first and second surfaces. The coil units are respectively disposed on the first surface and the second surface of the insulating substrate, and are electrically connected to each other through the through hole. Each of the coil units includes a closed loop coil. The magnetic unit corresponds in position to a portion of the coil unit, surrounds said portion of the coil unit, and has an opening.

Abstract: An inductive module with a miniaturized metamaterial structure includes an insulating substrate, two coil units, and a magnetic unit. The insulating substrate has opposing first and second surfaces and a through hole extending between the first and second surfaces. The coil units are respectively disposed on the first surface and the second surface of the insulating substrate, and are electrically connected to each other through the through hole. Each of the coil units includes a closed loop coil. The magnetic unit corresponds in position to a portion of the coil unit, surrounds said portion of the coil unit, and has an opening.

Abstract: A central processing unit of a host system is used to manage at least a portion of a data placement of a storage device including by bypassing a storage controller processing unit of the storage device to store data in a random-access memory of the storage device while allowing media endurance management of the storage device to be managed by the storage controller processing unit of the storage device. The central processing unit of the host system to the storage device provides a command that causes the storage controller processing unit of the storage device to utilize the data stored by the central processing unit of the host system in the random-access memory of the storage device.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for training a machine learning model to learn speech representations. Labeled speech data or both labeled and unlabeled data sets is applied to a feature extractor of a machine learning model to generate latent speech representations. The latent speech representations are applied to a quantizer to generate quantized latent speech representations and to a transformer context network to generate contextual representations. Each contextual representation included in the contextual representations is aligned with a phoneme label to generate phonetically-aware contextual representations. Quantized latent representations are aligned with phoneme labels to generate phonetically aware latent speech representations.

Abstract: In a method an orchestrator of a computing system determines that results of Machine Learning model computations are available and dispatches a worker to perform model computations that include computing gradients of the results. The orchestrator determines that a set of gradients of the results is available and dispatches a gradient worker to compute a sum of the gradients. The orchestrator determines that a second set of gradients of the results is available and dispatches a second gradient worker to compute a sum of the second set of gradients. The orchestrator determines that the sums of the first and second gradients are available and dispatches a third gradient worker to compute synchronized gradients. The gradient workers compute the sums and synchronized gradients concurrent with training workers computing additional model computations results and/or gradients. A computer program product can include the method and a computing system can include the orchestrator.

Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and software to generate user interfaces to indicate software-defined storage information in view of available hardware resources. In one example, a user interface service may obtain enclosure information associated with enclosures in a computing environment and may determine a storage overview for the plurality of enclosures based on the enclosure information. The user interface service may further determine a function for each storage device in the storage overview in relation to a software-defined storage configuration for the computing environment and generate a user interface to indicate the storage overview with the function for each storage device in the plurality of enclosures.

Abstract: A system may determine a first code version including a first plurality of executable steps, the first plurality of executable steps including one or more triggers and one or more actions triggered by the one or more triggers. The system may determine a second code version including a second plurality of executable steps, the second plurality of executable steps including at least one change from the first plurality of executable steps. In some implementations, the system may detect the at least one change between the first plurality of executable steps and the second plurality of executable steps. The system may generate a graphical user interface including one or more graphical elements graphically indicating the at least one change and may provide the graphical user interface for display on a client device.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to a non-destructive testing method for CICC superconducting cable damage estimation.

Abstract: A package includes a first and a second package component. The first package component includes a first metal trace and a second metal trace at the surface of the first package component. The second metal trace is parallel to the first metal trace. The second metal trace includes a narrow metal trace portion having a first width, and a wide metal trace portion having a second width greater than the first width connected to the narrow metal trace portion. The second package component is over the first package component. The second package component includes a metal bump overlapping a portion of the first metal trace, and a conductive connection bonding the metal bump to the first metal trace. The conductive connection contacts a top surface and sidewalls of the first metal trace. The metal bump is neighboring the narrow metal trace portion.

Abstract: An example virtualized computing system includes a cluster of hosts having a virtualization layer executing thereon and configured to manage virtual machines (VMs); a local storage device in a first host of the cluster, the local storage device configured as direct-attach storage; and an orchestration control plane, integrated with the virtualization layer, the orchestration control plane including a master server managing state of the orchestration control plane, the state including objects representing the hosts and the VMs, the orchestration control plane deploying a persistent application executing on a first VM of the VMs, the persistent application storing persistent data on the direct-attach storage.

Abstract: A microfluidic chip can include a microfluidic network that comprises a port, one or more test volumes, and one or more channels through which fluid must flow from the port to the test volume(s). A crosslinkable material can also be disposed within the microfluidic network such that the crosslinkable material is flowable through the channel(s). The crosslinkable material of the microfluidic chip may be exposed to light and/or heat to crosslink the material within and thereby occlude the channel(s).