Abstract: A data storage library system includes a data storage library, at least one environmental conditioning unit, at least one data storage drive retained within the data storage library, and at least one access door for providing access to an interior portion of the data storage library. The system also includes a library controller, wherein the library controller is configured to initiate a service mode prior to and during a service procedure performed within the data storage library, and further wherein at least one operational state within the at least one data storage drive is changed during the service mode. The change in the at least one operational state may be, for example, an increase in temperature within the at least one data storage drive, or the insertion of a data storage cartridge into the at least one data storage drive during the service mode.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory string including first and second selection transistors, a first transistor, and first and second memory cell transistors, first and second selection gate lines, first to third word lines, and a row decoder. A write operation includes a first mode to write one-bit data and a second mode to write two-bit data. In a case of writing the one-bit data to the first memory cell transistor in the first mode, the row decoder applies a first voltage to the first word line. In a case of writing the two-bit data to the first memory cell transistor in the second mode, the row decoder applies, to the first word line, a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage.

Abstract: A technique for operating a data storage system includes accessing respective absolute expiration times for valid pages in one or more candidate storage blocks. Garbage collection is performed on ones of the candidate storage blocks that include a first predetermined number of the valid pages that do not expire, as indicated by the absolute expiration times, prior to a first predetermined time period. Garbage collection is deferred on ones of the candidate storage blocks that include a second predetermined number of the valid pages that expire, as indicated by the absolute expiration times, prior to a second predetermined time period.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for copying a data page in a flash memory device using a flash memory controller. A method may comprise receiving, at the host flash controller, a copy command from a host processor, in response to the copy command, transmitting a read command to the unmanaged flash memory storage device via a bus, wherein the read command indicates particular data, receiving the particular data from the unmanaged flash memory storage device via the bus, storing the particular data in a data buffer included in the host flash controller, and transmitting to the unmanaged flash memory storage device, via the bus, a write command to write the particular data.

Abstract: An aspect includes receiving a request to access data in a memory, the request from a requesting processor and including a virtual address of the data. It is determined, based on contents of a page table that a plurality of physical addresses in the memory corresponds to the virtual address. The physical addresses include a first physical address of a primary memory location in a first partition accessed via a bus that is communicatively coupled to a port of a first processor, and a second physical address of a secondary memory location in a second partition accessed via a bus that is communicatively coupled to a port of a second processor. Contents of the primary memory location in the first partition were previously copied into the secondary memory location. Based on the requesting processor, one of the physical addresses is selected and data at the selected physical address is accessed.

Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for processing a recall request for data migrated from a primary storage system having data mirrored to a secondary storage system mirroring data from the primary storage system to the at least one secondary storage system. The primary storage system receives a recall request to recall a data object that was migrated from the primary storage system to a remote storage location. The recall request is transmitted to each of the at least one secondary storage system to cause each of the at least one secondary storage system receiving the recall request to directly retrieve the data object from the remote storage location. The primary storage system retrieves the data object from the remote storage location in response to the recall request. The primary storage system returns complete to the recall request in response to the data object being confirmed as restored to the primary storage system and the at least one secondary storage system.

Abstract: A data transfer training method includes determining whether a program data transfer training command or a read data transfer training command is received from a host device; transferring normal program signals to non-training memory devices among a plurality of memory devices and performing a program data transfer training to a training memory device among a plurality of memory devices while performing normal program operations to the non-training memory devices in response to a received program data transfer training command; and transferring normal read signals to the non-training memory devices, and performing a read data transfer training to the training memory device while performing normal read operations to the non-training memory devices in response to a received read data transfer training command.

Abstract: An aspect includes receiving a request to access data in a memory, the request from a requesting processor and including a virtual address of the data. It is determined, based on contents of a page table that a plurality of physical addresses in the memory corresponds to the virtual address. The physical addresses include a first physical address of a primary memory location in a first partition accessed via a bus that is communicatively coupled to a port of a first processor, and a second physical address of a secondary memory location in a second partition accessed via a bus that is communicatively coupled to a port of a second processor. Contents of the primary memory location in the first partition were previously copied into the secondary memory location. Based on the requesting processor, one of the physical addresses is selected and data at the selected physical address is accessed.

Abstract: Memory space management and memory access control method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: upon receiving an access request, acquiring an access address and an accessor identifier in the access request; checking a current state of a memory space pointed by the access address to obtain a check result, wherein the state of the memory space includes a first state and a second state; determining whether the accessor identifier belongs to an access permission set among a plurality of access permission sets that corresponds to the check result; and generating an instruction according to the check result, wherein the instruction indicates whether or not the accessor is permitted to access the memory space. With the above method, the invention reduces resource waste and system costs.

Abstract: Disclosed are a device and method for accessing to a RAM and a control chip. The device includes a register module configured to acquire attribute information and startup information configured by a CPU and send the startup information to a searching and matching module, and also configured to store data information successfully matched by the searching and matching module and instruct the CPU to read the data information. The searching and matching module is configured to send address information to an RAM interface module according to the startup information, and also configured to acquire the data information sent by the RAM interface module, match the data information based on the attribute information in the register module and send the data information to the register module after matching is successful.

Abstract: An example of the present techniques receives a volume provisioning request in a storage management system. The volume provisioning request corresponds to a service level agreement (SLA) for a volume and includes a number of performance parameters for the volume. A database of historical performance data for each of a number of arrays in a storage pool is accessed. A fitness score for each array is calculated based on the performance parameters. A federation structure including a number of arrays in the storage pool to provision the volume is generated based on the fitness scores of the arrays. The volume is then provisioned based, at least in part, on the federation structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor device in which unwanted change in the secondary data which must be reliable is suppressed and the need for a considerable increase in the capacity of a memory unit can be avoided. Also it ensures efficient data processing by asymmetric access to the memory unit. It includes a memory unit having a first memory without an error correcting function, a second memory with an error correcting function, and a plurality of access nodes for the memories. A plurality of buses is coupled to the access nodes and a plurality of data processing modules can asymmetrically access the memory unit through the buses. The first memory stores primary data before data processing by the data processing modules, and the second memory stores secondary data after data processing by the data processing modules.

Abstract: A flash memory controller for controlling a flash memory module includes a communication interface for receiving a first data and a second data; and a processing circuit for dynamically controlling a data writing mode of the flash memory module according to an amount of stored data in the flash memory module. If the amount of stored data in the flash memory module is less than a first threshold when the communication interface receives the first data, the processing circuit controls the flash memory module so that the first data is written into the first data block under an one-bit-per-cell mode.

Abstract: A method for operating a sensor includes continuously storing a first data of the sensor. The method further includes detecting of a fault of the sensor and permanently storing the first data of the sensor continuously stored before the detection of the fault. The method also includes recording and permanently storing a second data of the sensor after the detection of the fault.

Abstract: A technique for selecting context models (CMs) for a CM ensemble (CME) in a context mixing compressor includes measuring compression ratios (CRs) of the compressor on a dataset for each CM included in a base set of CMs. A first CM that has a maximum CR for the dataset is added to the CME. In response to a desired number of the CMs not being in the CME, subsequent CRs for the compressor are measured on the dataset for each of the CMs in the base set of CMs that are not in the CME in conjunction with one or more CMs in the CME. In response to a desired number of the CMs not being in the CME, subsequent CMs that in conjunction with the one or more CMs in the CME result in a maximum subsequent CR for the dataset are added to the CME.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory (NVM) apparatus and a data de-duplication method thereof are provided. The NVM apparatus includes a NVM and a controller. The controller performs an error checking and correcting (ECC) method to convert a raw data into an encoded data. The controller performs the data de-duplication method to reduce a number of times that the same encoded data is repeatedly written into the NVM. The controller generates the feature information corresponding to the raw data by reusing the ECC method. When the feature information is found in a feature list, the encoded data corresponding to the raw data will not be written into the NVM. When the feature information is not found in the feature list, the feature information is added into the feature list, and the encoded data corresponding to the raw data is written into the NVM.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining an input factor regarding dispersed storage operational criteria and generating a set of hardware scores for hardware resources of a computing device based on at least one of: operational conditions of the computing device and the DSN. The method further includes ordering the set of hardware scores based on the dispersed storage operational criteria and identifying a set of modules based on at least one of the dispersed storage operational criteria and the ordered set of hardware scores. The method further includes determining, for each module in the set of modules, a desired adjustment based on at least one of the dispersed storage operational criteria and the ordered set of hardware scores. The method further includes adjusting the set of modules to produce a set of adjusted modules, and utilizing an adjusted module to at least partially satisfy the dispersed storage operational criteria.

Abstract: A leader replica of a replica host group of a distributed storage service is configured to replicate the leader replica and its associated one or more secondary replicas to create a duplicate host group comprising a duplicate leader replica and one or more duplicate secondary replicas. The leader replica may appoint the duplicate leader replica or another host as the leader of the duplicate host group. The leader replica may assign a subset of database keys to be served by the duplicate host group and forward data requests directed a key of the subset of keys assigned to the duplicate host group. The leader replica may further update a global key table of the distributed data storage system to direct data requests associated with the subset of database keys to the duplicate leader replica.

Abstract: A data writing method, a memory storage device and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The data writing method includes: writing first data belonging to a first logical sub-unit of a first logical unit and second data belonging to a second logical sub-unit of the first logical unit to a first physical erasing unit and a second physical erasing unit respectively; recording use information corresponding to each logical unit; and executing a data arrangement operation corresponding to the first logical unit based on the use information of the first logical unit to copy the first data and the second data from the first physical erasing unit and the second physical erasing unit to a third physical erasing unit, wherein a logical address range of the second logical sub-unit follows a logical address range of the first logical sub-unit.

Abstract: An apparatus monitors an access load state of a plurality of logical volumes of a first storage device, and determines that an access load state of a subset of the plurality of logical volumes has changed from a high load state to a low load state. The apparatus migrates, when the subset of the plurality of logical volumes remains in a low load state after an elapsed setting time since the load state of the subset of the plurality of logical volumes changed from a high load state to a low load state, data stored in the subset of the plurality of logical volumes to a second storage device having an access rate lower than the first storage device.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for data movement. An example apparatus includes a memory device that includes a plurality of subarrays of memory cells and sensing circuitry coupled to the plurality of subarrays. The sensing circuitry includes a sense amplifier and a compute component. The memory device also includes a plurality of subarray controllers. Each subarray controller of the plurality of subarray controllers is coupled to a respective subarray of the plurality of subarrays and is configured to direct performance of an operation with respect to data stored in the respective subarray of the plurality of subarrays. The memory device is configured to move a data value corresponding to a result of an operation with respect to data stored in a first subarray of the plurality of subarrays to a memory cell in a second subarray of the plurality of subarrays.

Abstract: A data migration method is disclosed, including: determining a first address of target data that is to be migrated from an internal storage device to an external storage device, the first address is a logical address of the internal storage device; calculating a physical address of the target data in the internal storage device based on the first address; constructing a scatter gather list, where the scatter gather list includes the physical address of the target data in the internal storage device; sending a migration instruction to a direct memory access engine.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are included for deduplicating one or more memory pages. A method includes receiving a first key from a first application running on a computer system. The method also includes associating the first key with a first memory allocated to the first application and scanning a second memory for duplicate memory pages of the first memory. The second memory is associated with a second key and allocated to a second application running on the computer system. The method also includes in response to a determination that the first and second keys are the same and that a scanned memory page is a duplicate of a first memory page of the first memory, deduplicating the scanned memory page and the first memory page.

Abstract: An apparatus has a monitoring data store for storing monitoring data indicating regions of a memory address space to be monitored for changes, which can include at least two non-contiguous regions. Processing circuitry updates the monitoring data in response to an update monitor instruction. Monitoring circuitry monitors accesses to the memory system and provides a notification to the processing circuitry when data associated with one of the monitored regions has changed. This improves performance and energy efficiency by reducing the overhead of polling changes to multiple regions.

Abstract: Technologies for fine-grained completion tracking of memory buffer accesses include a compute device. The compute device is to establish multiple counter pairs for a memory buffer. Each counter pair includes a locally managed offset and a completion counter. The compute device is also to receive a request from a remote compute device to access the memory buffer, assign one of the counter pairs to the request, advance the locally managed offset of the assigned counter pair by the amount of data to be read or written, and advance the completion counter of the assigned counter pair as the data is read from or written to the memory buffer. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory includes a first variable resistance element, a first switching element coupled to the first variable resistance element via a first line, a second variable resistance element, and a second switching element coupled to the second variable resistance element via a second line, wherein a distance between the first switching element and the first variable resistance element is larger than a distance between the second switching element and the second variable resistance element, and wherein a second path from a first terminal of the second switching element to the second variable resistance element includes a resistance component, a resistance of the second path being greater than a resistance of a first path, the first path being from a first terminal of the first switching element to the first variable resistance element.

Abstract: A memory system includes a first nonvolatile memory, a first processor, and a second processor. The first processor sets a first assignment amount. The second processor performs access to the first nonvolatile memory, calculates a consumed amount which is an amount according to an operation time of the first nonvolatile memory in the access, and transmits a notification to the first processor when the consumed amount reaches the first assignment amount.

Abstract: A memory controller includes: a memory access control circuit which receives a write command and write data from a processor and controls a writing operation to a memory; and a number-of-writing-operations control circuit which performs control to execute the writing operation to the memory multiple times, based on the write command and the write data.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a readout control device includes a memory and one or more processors configured to function as a converter, a reader and an analyzer. The converter converts a logical address of a compressed cluster that is a readout target into a physical address in a non-volatile memory. The reader reads out, from the non-volatile memory, data included in a packing unit at a position indicated by the physical address. The analyzer analyzes header information included in the packing unit, in parallel to reading of the data included in the packing unit, and acquires position information of the compressed cluster that is the readout target in the packing unit.

Abstract: A printing system comprising a controller for controlling the processing of print jobs, a plurality of input holders for holding print media to be printed upon, a print engine for disposing marking material on the print media, and a plurality of output holders for holding the print media when the marking material has been disposed on the print media by the print engine and the print media is ready for taking out by an operator. The controller is configured to establish and to maintain a plurality of physical configurations of the printing system. Each physical configuration comprises the print engine, at least one input holder out of the plurality of input holders and at least one output holder out of the plurality of output holders.

Abstract: A printing control apparatus including an inspection result acquisition unit that acquires an inspection result of an ejection state in each of a plurality of nozzles in an ejection head having the nozzles, and an evaluation result acquisition unit that acquires evaluation result information from an evaluation result acquired by evaluating a print image printed in an accumulated ejection state of the nozzle, in which before performing a print job, based on the inspection result and the evaluation result information, a print state relating to the print job is predicted and the predicted result is displayed.

Abstract: A printing apparatus, which performs wireless communication with an information terminal, includes a communication control unit that receives second data when detecting transmission of the second data included in a second data group from a second information terminal after receiving first data included in a first data group from a first information terminal and before receiving an execution request of predetermined processing from the first information terminal, and a processing execution unit that executes the predetermined processing based on the second data when the communication control unit receives an execution request of the predetermined processing from the second information terminal after receiving the second data and before receiving data from an information terminal other than the second information terminal.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus executes a printer driver corresponding to image forming apparatuses.

Abstract: When an IP address for use in an infrastructure connection mode and an IP address for use in a direct connection mode overlap each other, there is a possibility that an information processing apparatus incorrectly transmits data to an interface different from an interface supposed to receive the data. Thus, the information processing apparatus is prohibited from operating in the direct connection mode in a case where the IP address for use in the infrastructure connection mode and the IP address for use in the direct connection mode overlap each other.

Abstract: When a problem occurs in a subset of devices, another device appropriately executes a process instead of the problem device. A printer has a decision unit that determines whether or not a request for specific information was received at a specific time from a specific printer; an information collection device that, when the request is not received at the specific time, collects the specific information of each printer from other printers capable of communicating; and an information transmission device that transmits the specific information that was collected and the specific information about the printer of which it is part to an external server.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure include image processing apparatus installed with a web browser that includes circuitry and an image processing device. The circuitry interprets content obtained from a web server connected to the image processing apparatus via a network, displays a screen based on the interpreted content, requests the web server to process according to a user input on the displayed screen, and requests the image processing device to perform predetermined image processing.

Abstract: A print control apparatus includes circuitry to receive a print job from a terminal device connected to the print control apparatus via a network, determine whether the print job is set with a specific printing function that performs a printing operation of the print job on recording media with a page order that is different from an initial page order described in page description language, determine page data to be arranged on virtual sheets when the print job is set with the specific printing function, generate raster images, corresponding to the page data, to be arranged on the virtual sheets from print data included in the print job, arrange the generated raster images on the virtual sheets based on the page order different from the initial page order, and control an operation of printing the virtual sheets, each arranged with the generated raster images, on the recording media.

Abstract: In a print system for causing print data inputted by a user to be printed by a printer via a server, the printer downloads the print data from the server in response to an existence notification of the print data from the server, the server, in a case that a cancellation instruction for cancelling printing of the print data is received from the user, transmits the cancellation instruction to the printer, and records cancellation of the job as a print history in addition to disconnecting a communication with the printer, and the printer cancels the print processing in accordance with a cancellation instruction from the server, and records the cancellation of the job as a print history.

Abstract: A server includes: a communicator communicable with an apparatus configured to perform a scanning operation and a printing operation using an ink-jet head; and a controller. The controller controls the server to: receive, from the apparatus, scan data representing a printing sheet printed by the ink-jet head; determine whether cleaning of the ink-jet head is required, based on the received scan data; transmit permission information to the apparatus when the server determines that the cleaning of the ink-jet head is required, the permission information indicating permission of the cleaning of the ink-jet head; and transmit non-permission information to the apparatus when the server determines that the cleaning of the ink-jet head is not required, the non-permission information indicating non-permission of the cleaning of the ink-jet head.

Abstract: Displaying content on an electronic display device is disclosed. An electronic display device is configured to display content received directly or indirectly from a computing device. A wireless output device IS configured to emit light signals and sound signals in response to an actuation of the wireless output device. Further, a sensor component is configured to receive the light signals and the audio signals, and a communications module communicates with the computing device. The light signals and sound signals from the wireless output device are received by the sensor component and usable to determine a respective location of the wireless output device relative to output of the electronic display device. The computing device uses the respective location to generate output received by the electronic display device to simulate the wireless output device operating as a writing device as a function of the generated output.

Abstract: A joining control method, a joining control device and a joined screen system, the joining control method including: outputting a first test image data to a joined screen according to the correspondence between images and ports; acquiring feedback image data, the feedback image being an image which is displayed on the joined screen and corresponds to the first test image data; if a feedback sub-image in the feedback image is identical to a test sub-image in the first test image but in a different position, establishing correspondence between the output port of the test sub-image data and the position of the feedback sub-image so as to update the correspondence between the images and the ports. The method can automatically adjust the output signal of the output ports, such that the joined screen can display the correct picture without the need to repeatedly plug and unplug cables.

Abstract: Disclosed is a line-of-sight wearable device worn over a chest of a first user, the device comprising: a housing defining at least a first electronic device storage location; a wall on said housing having at least a portion to expose a display of the first electronic device; the wall on said housing configured to open to removably secure the first electronic device within the at least first electronic device storage location; and the first electronic device that is pair-able wirelessly with a second electronic device, wherein at least one of a display or audio event on the first electronic device is caused programmably based on a pre-defined line-of-sight rule and the at least one of the display or audio event is exposed in a line-of-sight to at least a second user via any one of the walls of the housing worn over the chest of the first user.

Abstract: A display device includes a video input part for receiving video signals based on video input signals received by another display device, a communication controller for receiving communication data, representing any change occurring in video input signals, from another display device, a video signal determination part for determining video signals input by the video signal input part based on communication data received by the communication controller, and a video signal adjustment part for adjusting video signals based on the result of determination made by the video signal determination part.

Abstract: An information handling system presents visual images at plural display devices and moves the visual images at the display devices responsive to touches made at one or more of the display devices with movement managed in a point mode or a touch mode as selected by one or more predetermined inputs. In the touch mode, the visual image moves as the touch moves. At detection of the predetermined input to select the point mode, the visual image moves a greater distance than the touch movement so that the end user is able to move the visual image between separate display devices.

Abstract: An information handling system presents visual images at plural display devices and moves the visual images at the display devices responsive to touches made at one or more of the display devices with movement managed in a point mode or a touch mode as selected by one or more predetermined inputs. In the touch mode, the visual image moves as the touch moves. At detection of the predetermined input to select the point mode, the visual image moves a greater distance than the touch movement so that the end user is able to move the visual image between separate display devices.

Abstract: Provided is a navigation system, which is effectively used depending on driver characteristics and driving conditions, wherein display performance of DUCs including a cluster, front/rear AVNs, and operation systems thereof are controlled through a single controller.

Abstract: A modularized liquid crystal display device is provided. The modularized liquid crystal display device has a first liquid crystal display panel, a second liquid crystal display panel, a light source module, and two sided sealing structural components. Lower portions of the first liquid crystal display panel and the second liquid crystal display panel are connected to each other. A sealed containing space is constructed by the first liquid crystal display panel, the second liquid crystal display panel, the light source module, and the two sided sealing structural components. The light source module has LED light sources, at least one reflection sheet, and a heat sink.

Abstract: The present invention provides a jointed display screen, which includes a plurality of OLED display screens (1) that are jointed to each other. Each of the OLED display screens (1) includes a flexible base plate (11) and an OLED panel (13) mounted on the flexible base plate (11). The OLED display screens (1) each include an effective display zone (AA) and a non-display zone (DD) located on an outer circumference of the effective display zone (AA). At a joint site between two adjacent ones of the OLED display screens (1), the non-display zones (DD) of the two adjacent OLED display screens (1) are both bent toward a back of the flexible base plate (11) so as to allow the effective display zones (AA) of the two adjacent OLED display screens (1) to joint to each other in a seamless manner to eliminate thereby eliminating a black strip or a black line occurring at the joint site, making an image displayed continuous, and improving an effect of viewing of the jointed display screen.

Abstract: Provided is a display device for efficiently providing content to a user using a transparent display. The display device includes: a transparent display; a direction determiner configured to determine a user-facing surface among a first surface and a second surface of the transparent display, the user-facing surface referring to a surface which faces a user; and a controller configured to render first content on the transparent display in a direction corresponding to the first surface if the first surface faces the user, and configured to render second content on the transparent display in a direction corresponding to the second surface if the second surface faces the user.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a transparent plate and at least one compressible transparent member. The display panel has a display surface. The transparent plate is disposed on the display panel and has a light incident surface and a first light emitting surface opposite to each other. The display surface and the light incident surface face each other, and the transparent plate has at least one side surface connected between the light incident surface and the first light emitting surface. The compressible transparent member is disposed on the side surface and has a second light emitting surface, and the second light emitting surface is tilted relative to the first light emitting surface. Moreover, a display apparatus including a plurality of the display devices is also provided. When the display devices are spliced to form the display apparatus, the problem of visible black lines of splicing seams is mitigated.