Abstract: One embodiment provides for an electronic device comprising a first processor to execute a first operating system and a second processor to execute a second operating system. The second processor a set of input/output devices within the electronic device. The electronic device additionally includes an interconnect to enable communication between the first processor and the second processor. The operating systems include communication modules which establish a bi-directional network connection over the interconnect. Via the bi-directional network connection, the communication modules establish a multi-channel inter-process communication link between a first process on the first processor and a second process on the second processor to enable communication between the processes.

Abstract: Embodiments for efficient queue management for cluster scheduling and managing task queues for tasks which are to be executed in a distributed computing environment. Both centralized and distributed scheduling is provided. Task queues may be bound by length-based bounding or delay-based bounding. Tasks may be prioritized and task queues may be dynamically reordered based on task priorities. Job completion times and cluster resource utilization may both be improved.

Abstract: A bridging video conference room system and method provides for using a client device to leverage the conference room infrastructure to hold a video conference with remote users. A user may indicate an intent to host a video conference to a room-host device, which may then detect and parse a calendar invitation to cause the video conference software to launch on the user's client device as a host of the meeting. Other client devices may share content to the video conference by sharing to the bridging video conference room system without joining the video conference separately.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system stores write data received from a host to a shared write buffer for write destination blocks, acquires first write data for plural pages from the shared write buffer, and writes the first write data to a first write destination block by a first-step write operation. When receiving write data from the host in a state in which an empty region does not exist in the shared write buffer, the memory system discards write data in the shared write buffer in which the first-step write operation has been finished. In a case where the first write data do not exist in the shared write buffer when a second-step write operation of the first write data is to be executed, the memory system transmits a request to acquire the first write data to the host.

Abstract: The present application discloses a long-distance transmission method for an Ethernet switch including a network switching module, an MCU module and a dial code module. The MCU module is connected to the network switching module and the dial code module. The dial code module is configured for providing two configuration inputs for a normal mode and a long-distance mode for user equipment. The MCU module is configured for monitoring a configuration input state of the dial code module in real time. When detecting that the dial code module is in the configuration input for the normal mode, the MCU module configures a network port of the network switching module to be in a self-negotiation mode.

Abstract: One embodiment includes a communication apparatus, including multiple interfaces including at least one egress interface to transmit packets belonging to multiple flows to a network, and control circuitry to queue packets belonging to the flows in respective flow-specific queues for transmission via a given egress interface, and to arbitrate among the flow-specific queues so as to select packets for transmission responsively to dynamically changing priorities that are assigned such that all packets in a first flow-specific queue, which is assigned a highest priority among the queues, are transmitted through the given egress interface until the first flow-specific queue is empty, after which the control circuitry assigns the highest priority to a second flow-specific queue, such that all packets in the second flow-specific queue are transmitted through the given egress interface until the second flow-specific queue is empty, after which the control circuitry assigns the highest priority to another flow-specifi

Abstract: A media playback apparatus and a method including a system for preventing a playback delay are provided. The media playback apparatus may include a delay detecting module to detect a playback delay. The playback delay detection may determine a delay caused by a network, decoding and rendering through a single measurement. When the playback delay occurs, it may be possible to eliminate the playback delay by requesting that a server provide media data having a changed profile. Since the playback delay can be determined through a single measurement of a plurality of playback delay factors, it may be possible to simply and stably perform media playback in a manner suitable for a non-plug-in environment.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory module may include a random access memory, a nonvolatile memory, a buffer memory, and a controller configured to execute a reading operation on the buffer memory in response to an activation of a control signal. The controller may be further configured to execute a flush operation of storing first data, which are stored in the random access memory, in the nonvolatile memory, according to a result of the reading operation.

Abstract: A data transmission method, electronic device and computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first data packet to be sent; determining a first data stream to which the first data packet belongs; detecting a link state of the first data stream; when the link state of the first data stream is an establishing state, and the first data packet is sent for the first time, selecting a first wireless communication link from the plurality of wireless communication links for the first data packet, and marking the first data packet according to a first link identifier of the first wireless communication link; and sending the first data packet through a network interface of the first wireless communication link according to the first link identifier.

Abstract: A system and method for improving multi-core processor access to storages, the method including: assigning a unique memory space within a memory to each of a plurality of processor cores; initiating a shared queue pair (QP), comprising a shared send queue and a shared receive queue, between the plurality of processor cores and at least a storage, wherein the shared queue is accessible by the plurality of processor cores; sending an instruction on the shared send queue from a first core of the plurality of processor cores to the storage, the instruction comprising an interrupt destination on a memory space assigned to the first core; and receiving an interrupt at the interrupt destination from the storage in response to the instruction, wherein the interrupt is generated for the first core.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method and a device for improving communication quality in a mobile communication network are provided, and the method further comprises the steps of transmitting downlink packets for IP-based voice traffic to a terminal in a radio link unacknowledged mode (RLC UM) and storing at least one packet among the downlink packets for retransmission. In addition, the present invention provides a communication method and device of a target base station for retransmitting the stored packet to the terminal. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method and a device of a terminal that receives a packet from the target base station.

Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) communicating in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system may use efficient acknowledgement (ACK) setup and transmission procedures in conjunction with other transmission and power saving techniques, such as target wake time/restricted access window (TWT/RAW), power save multi-poll (PSMP) and/or transmission opportunity (TXOP) mechanisms. In an example, a WTRU may transmit a frame including an indication that a TWT/RAW (or TXOP) period is scheduled, an indication that multi-WTRU acknowledgement (ACK)/block ACK (BA) will be used for acknowledgement, and/or targeted transmission time(s) for the transmission of multi-WTRU ACK/BA frame(s). The WTRU may trigger the start of the TWT/RAW period, and may receive at least one data frame from another WTRU(s). The WTRU may transmit multi-WTRU ACK/BA frame(s) during the targeted transmission time(s) to acknowledge the at least one data frame received from the other WTRU(s).

Abstract: A hardware queue for an integrated circuit device includes an internal queue memory and at least one external queue memory. The internal queue memory and the external queue memory are operated as a continuous hardware queue memory by monitoring occupancy of the internal queue memory and, based on that occupancy, controlling an internal tail pointer indicating a next write point for inserting new data into the internal queue memory, an internal head pointer indicating a next read point for extracting data from the internal queue memory based on order of insertion, at least one external tail pointer indicating a next write point for inserting new data into the external queue memory, at least one external head pointer indicating a next read point for extracting data from the external queue memory based on order of insertion, and wrap pointers indicating transitions between the internal queue memory and the external queue memory.

Abstract: An example system includes a transceiver. The transceiver communicates multicast frames to a plurality of client devices in a multicast group. The system further includes a controller. The controller determines that a predetermined time has passed since the transceiver most recently sent a unicast transmission to one of the plurality of client devices. The controller instructs the transceiver to transmit a unicast frame to the one of the plurality of client devices. The controller computes a data rate for the one of the plurality of client devices based on the transmission of the unicast frame to the one of the plurality of client devices.

Abstract: Systems and methods of reserving a specific queue pair number for proprietary management traffic in a subnet of a high performance computing environment. An exemplary embodiment can provide a host channel adapter (HCA), including a control circuit with a processor and a memory, and at least one port operative to connect the HCA to a network fabric. Additionally, the HCA can include a subnet management agent (SMA) that executes on the HCA, and a configurable attribute stored in the memory of the HCA. A communication including a number value, can be received by the subnet management agent from a subnet manager of the subnet. The value of the configurable attribute can be set equal to the value of the received number. A QP number that corresponds to the set number value of the configurable attribute can then be reserved for sending and receiving proprietary network management traffic.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting network traffic of a traffic flow at a traffic controller of a first portion of a software-defined network, wherein the detected network traffic is based on a service of a number of services. A source of the detected network traffic is identified based on the detected traffic, wherein the traffic flow is between a subscriber device and a service platform. The service is identified based on the detected network traffic, and a service requirement is determined based on the identifying of the service. A virtual network function of a plurality of virtual network functions is selected based on the source of the network traffic and the service requirement, and a traffic flow is facilitated between the subscriber device and the service platform by way of the virtual network function. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: In one example, a network element in a first network receives a network packet including a first security group identifier. The network element identifies the first security group identifier, determines that the first security group identifier is hierarchically correlated with a second security group identifier, and inserts the second security group identifier into the network packet. The network element forwards the network packet including the second security group identifier.

Abstract: A method performed by a network device includes: receiving an input indicating a change in an auxiliary network from a first configuration to a second configuration, wherein the auxiliary network is configured to obtain copies of packets from a traffic production network; determining a first network policy, wherein the first network policy is for application in the auxiliary network when the auxiliary network is in the first configuration; and determining a second network policy by the network device based on the received input and the first network policy, wherein the second network policy is for application in the auxiliary network when the auxiliary network is in the second configuration.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a region of interest included in a plurality of candidate regions of interest associated with a presentation of a first content item on a user equipment, wherein the first content item includes a panoramic video, comparing first metadata associated with the region of interest to a plurality of metadata associated with a plurality of secondary content items, responsive to the comparing, identifying a second content item included in the plurality of secondary content items, wherein the identifying of the second content item is based on a distance between the first metadata and second metadata associated with the second content item being less than a threshold, and transmitting the second content item to the user equipment responsive to the identifying of the second content item. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A data processing device includes a data receiving unit to receive data, a plurality of input queues that are associated one-to-one with transmission sources of data received by the data receiving unit and that each store data from the associated transmission source, and a data sorting unit to read data stored in each of the plurality of input queues from each of the input queues, and store the data in an output queue such that higher priority data is to be processed first.

Abstract: Methods and network interface modules for processing packet headers are provided. The method comprises: receiving a packet comprising a header and a payload; generating, using the header, an initial packet header vector (PHV); providing the initial PHV to a pipeline comprising a plurality of processing stages; and processing the initial PHV in the pipeline, wherein the processing comprises, for a current processing stage in the plurality of processing stages: receiving, by the current processing stage, an input PHV, wherein the input PHV (i) is the initial PHV or a modified version of the initial PHV and (ii) comprises one or more flits, and applying a feature to the input PHV to generate an output PHV, including increasing an initial length of the input PHV if the initial length is not sufficient to apply the feature.

Abstract: A plurality of sniffing policies describing deep packet inspection processes performed on network traffic at sniffing access points from the plurality of access points is received. Network traffic levels are monitored at the plurality of access points and a level of sniffed traffic backhauled over the Wi-Fi network for analysis. A change can be detected in network traffic affecting a sniffing policy. Responsive to exceeding a certain level of sniffed traffic being backhauled, an amount of sniffed traffic sent upstream for analysis is adjusted. More specifically, a programmable policy engine at each of a sniffing access points serving as intrusion detection sensors to sniff traffic at various locations on the Wi-Fi network are reprogrammed dynamically. The adjustments reprogram a sniffing pipeline at each of the intrusion detection sensors including adjusting an endpoint device for sending sniffed traffic and dropping more traffic during deep packet inspection.

Abstract: In a method for allocating physical queues of a network forwarding element, a request is received at the network forwarding element, the network forwarding element including a plurality of physical queues, where each physical queue of the plurality of physical queues has a fixed bandwidth, the request identifying an allocation of a plurality of virtual queues at the network forwarding element. Based at least in part on the request, a configuration of the plurality of physical queues to the plurality of virtual queues is determined. The plurality of physical queues is configured according to the configuration, wherein the configuring includes allocating at least two physical queues to a virtual queue.

Abstract: A method to transfer a video stream from a host device comprising a controller configured for bulk transfers to a descrambling device, comprises: forming a chain out transfer comprising a chain out header linked with multiple chain out descriptors, the first chain out descriptor pointing to an out description packet containing at least one producer ID, the second and subsequent chain out descriptor pointing to chunks from the video stream, the last chain out descriptor being configured to generate an interrupt; forming a chain in transfer comprising a chain in header linked with a plurality of chain in descriptors, each chain in descriptor pointing to a descrambled chunk; requesting the controller to process the chain; receiving the description packet by the descrambling device and using key data associated with the chunks to descramble them; receiving by the controller the descrambled chunks and triggering an interrupt on the last chunk.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell configured to hold 5-bit data; a word line coupled to the memory cell; and a row decoder configured to apply first to 31st voltages to the word line. A first bit of the 5-bit data is established by reading operations using first to sixth voltages. A second bit of the 5-bit data is established by reading operations using seventh to twelfth voltages. A third bit of the 5-bit data is established by reading operations using thirteenth to eighteenth voltages. A fourth bit of the 5-bit data is established by reading operations using nineteenth to 25th voltages. A fifth bit of the 5-bit data is established by reading operations using 26th to 31st voltages.

Abstract: A controller includes a core transferring a plurality of requests; a buffer including a plurality of clusters; a buffer manager assigning the plurality of requests respectively into the plurality of clusters, and storing storage information of the buffer and cluster information regarding each of the plurality of clusters, into which the assigned requests are respectively assigned; and a descriptor updating a descriptor report such that the cluster information regarding each of the plurality of clusters and the assigned requests correspond to each other, respectively. The buffer manager is capable of assigning automatically a request provided from a host into the buffer without a control of the core.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for limiting load on host servers that implement a social messaging platform. An example user device sends, to a platform comprising a plurality of host servers, a first request. The request is directed to a first endpoint. The user device receives, in response to the first request, a first error that indicates that the first request was not processed. The user device determines a back off time and places subsequent requests to the platform that are initiated before the back off time elapses and that are directed to the first endpoint in a back off queue in an order in which the subsequent requests are initiated. The user device sends, to the platform, the requests in the back off queue after the back off time has elapsed, until the back off queue is empty.

Abstract: For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless communication device to determine at least one video quality parameter representing an estimated quality of at least one video stream to be streamed via the wireless communication device to a display device over a wireless communication medium; to determine a scheduling policy parameter based at least on the video quality parameter; and to provide the scheduling policy parameter to a Media Access Control (MAC) scheduler to schedule wireless transmission of the at least one video stream to the display device.

Abstract: A controller controls a control target. The controller includes a time-series database that stores a record including data about the control target in chronological order, a data generator that generates data to be included in the record to enter the time-series database in every predetermined cycle, and a nonblocking queue included in a volatile main memory that sequentially stores the data generated by the data generator.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for facilitation of efficient processing of a plurality of electronic message packets communicated to an application via a network from a plurality of message sources. The facilitation involves receiving each of the plurality of electronic message packets from the network, and storing, upon receipt thereof, each of the received electronic message packets in a single buffer irrespective of which message source of the plurality of message sources each of the received electronic message packets originated from, the single buffer being accessible by the application.

Abstract: A communication device: stores flow condition information for identifying a flow and flow counter information that indicates, for each flow, an input flow volume of a flow inputted to the communication device, and an output flow volume of a flow outputted by the communication device; identifies a flow to which data inputted to the communication device belongs, with reference to the flow condition information; updates the input flow volume of the flow in the flow counter information; identifies a flow to which data outputted by the communication device belongs, with reference to the flow condition information; updates the output flow volume of the flow in the flow counter information; and identifies a flow in which a communication anomaly has occurred on the basis of results of a comparison process for comparing the input flow volume to the output flow volume with reference to the flow counter information.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed herein for remote, direct memory access (RDMA) technology that enables direct memory access from one host computer memory to another host computer memory over a physical or virtual computer network according to a number of different RDMA protocols. In one example, a method includes receiving remote direct memory access (RDMA) packets via a network adapter, deriving a protocol index identifying an RDMA protocol used to encode data for an RDMA transaction associated with the RDMA packets, applying the protocol index to a generate RDMA commands from header information in at least one of the received RDMA packets, and performing an RDMA operation using the RDMA commands.

Abstract: Integrated circuit packages with multiple integrated circuit dies are provided. A multichip package may include a substrate, a main die that is mounted on the substrate, and multiple transceiver daughter dies that are mounted on the substrate and that are coupled to the main die via corresponding Embedded Multi-die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB) interconnects formed in the substrate. Each of the main die and the daughter dies may include configurable adapter circuitry for interfacing with the EMIB interconnects. The adapter circuitry may include FIFO buffer circuits operable in a 1× mode or 2× mode and configurable in a phase-compensation mode, a clock-compensation mode, an elastic mode, and a register bypass mode to help support a variety of communications protocols with different data width and clocking requirements. The adapter circuitry may also include boundary alignment circuitry for reconstructing (de)compressed data streams.

Abstract: Example methods are provided for a host to perform zero-copy packet transmission. On example method may comprise allocating a transmit (TX) packet buffer to a first virtualized computing instance and a receive (RX) packet buffer to a second virtualized computing instance, wherein the TX packet buffer and the RX packet buffer are both mapped to a shared memory location associated with the host. The method may also comprise: accessing, by the first virtualized computing instance, the TX packet buffer to store a packet in the shared memory location; processing, by the forwarding element, the packet in the shared memory location; and accessing, by the second virtualized computing instance, the RX packet buffer to receive the packet stored in the shared memory location.

Abstract: A connector having a front and rear origination and configured to mate with a mating connector, and including a housing having one or more cavities defined therein, and having a front face with one or more orifices defined therein, wherein each of the orifices corresponds to one of the cavities and has an inner first diameter. The connector further has an optical contact at least partially disposed in one of the cavities, and comprising at least a ferrule extending from the cavity and through the orifice corresponding to the cavity, the ferrule having a second diameter less than the first diameter such that a gap is defined between the ferrule and the housing at the orifice. Finally, the connector includes a compliant member disposed at least partially in the gap and configured to suppress vibration between the housing and the optical.

Abstract: The described embodiments include an electronic device that handles network packets. During operation, the electronic device receives a carrier packet, the carrier packet that includes a tunneled packet in a payload of the carrier packet, wherein the tunneled packet includes a packet priority of the tunneled packet and the carrier packet includes a packet priority of the carrier packet. The electronic device then updates the packet priority of the carrier packet based on the packet priority of the tunneled packet.

Abstract: A system and method for a self-adapting SDWAN to ensure compliance with client requirements. A SDWAN performance analyzer continuously monitors all of the nodes within an SDWAN, receiving a plurality of operational data regarding operational parameters of each node. Based on the operational data, a machine learning algorithm is applied to develop a tree-structure representative of a desired network configuration, based on the real-time state of the network, to ensure compliance with client requirements. The SDWAN performance analyzer can generate configuration commands to send to one or more of the nodes in the SDWAN to reconfigure the operational parameters of the nodes in line with the desired network configuration.

Abstract: Systems and methods of using a packet order work (POW) scheduler to assign packets to a set of scheduler queues for supplying packets to parallel processing units. A processing unit and the associated scheduler queue is dedicated to a specific flow until a queue-reallocation event, which may correspond to the associated scheduler queue being idle for at least a certain interval as indicated by its age counter, or the queue being the LRU, when a new flow arrives. In this case, the scheduler queue and the associated processing unit may be reallocated to the new flow and disassociated with the previous flow. As a result, dynamic packet workload balancing can be advantageously achieved across the multiple processing paths.

Abstract: An overlay snap is generated by generating a snapshot of a logical storage volume, writing a data stream to the overlay snap, generating pointers indicating locations of new data written to the overlay snap, and generating null pointers for locations that do not have new data written to the overlay snap. The overlay snap comprises the pointers and the null pointers. The overlay snap may be applied to a volume to generate a current snapshot of the volume. The overlay snap may be used maintain write order fidelity during continuous data replication by creating a copy of a snapshot on a target storage device and writing new data to an overlay snap on the target storage device.

Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for connecting a wireless device to a network are disclosed. One method includes automatically associating, by the wireless device, to a cloud system through a router, retrieving, by the wireless device, after automatically associating, a list of approved networks from a cloud service of the cloud system, wherein the list of approved networks includes a prioritization of the approved networks, scanning, by the wireless device, a local wireless environment, comparing, by the wireless device, a list of available networks advertised from nearby routers from the scan of a local wireless environment with the list of approved networks when the wireless device is looking for networks to join, and choosing, by the wireless device, an available network from the list of available networks advertised based at least in part on the comparing and the prioritization of the approved networks.

Abstract: Query requests for RDF triples are obtained, wherein the query request(s) contain(s) at least one triple pattern; for each triple pattern, the corresponding elementary pattern is determined, and each triple pattern is converted to a weighted elementary pattern. The occurrence frequency of each elementary pattern is computed based on the weighted elementary patterns; at least one elementary pattern is chosen at least according to the occurrence frequency; and the RDF triples corresponding to the chosen at least elementary pattern are prefetched into the buffer. The corresponding apparatus is also provided. With the above method and apparatus, the frequently accessed RDF triples can be determined and prefetched into the buffer, which improves the query efficiency.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for selection of video segments for adaptive streaming. An embodiment operates by receiving one or more variant segments, the one or more variant segments including an old bitrate variant segment having an old bitrate and a new bitrate variant segment having a new bitrate for decoding and playback. The embodiment further operates by generating an old bitrate packetized elementary stream (PES) collection based on the old bitrate variant segment and a new bitrate PES collection based on the new bitrate variant segment and determining a first in-tolerance splicing location between the old bitrate PES collection and the new bitrate PES collection based on a maximum tolerance offset. The embodiment still further operates by splicing the old bitrate PES collection and the new bitrate PES collection based on the first in-tolerance splicing location.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that includes a processing system with a processor, a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations including receiving a request that identifies a first list of tiles for streaming a panoramic video, determining a first total number of data packets required to transmit tiles in the first list of tiles, maintaining a second total number of empty data packets enqueued into a transport control protocol (TCP) buffer, maintaining a third total number of empty data packets dequeued from the TCP buffer, and enqueuing empty data packets into the TCP buffer whenever the first total number of data packets is greater than a difference between the second total number of empty data packets and the third total number of empty data packets. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A memory controller circuit coupled to multiple memory circuits may receive a read request for a particular one of the memory circuits and insert the read request into one of multiple linked lists that includes a linked list whose entries correspond to previously received read requests and are linked according to respective ages of the read requests. The memory controller circuit may schedule the read request using a head pointer of one of the multiple linked lists.

Abstract: A playback method and a playback device for playing a system stream file are provided. The playback method uses the playback device having one or more memories and circuitry to play the system stream file. The playback method includes reading the system stream file and identifying whether the system stream file to be played back is a first system stream file having a first file format or a second system stream file having a second file format. If the system stream file to be played back is the first system stream file, the method further includes converting a file format of the system stream file that has been read out from the first file format into the second file format. The playback method further includes decoding the system stream file having the second file format.

Abstract: An infrastructure equipment forming part of a mobile communications network receives data packets from a communications terminal, and including a scheduler configured to control a transmitter and a receiver to transmit and receive signals according to the wireless access interface. The scheduler is configured to receive from the receiver an indication of a number of delay tolerant data packets and non-delay tolerant data packets in an input buffer of the communications terminal, and an indication of a current state for radio communications for transmitting the data packets from the communications terminal to the infrastructure equipment via the wireless access interface. Data packets which can be classified into at least delay tolerant and non-delay tolerant data packets are transmitted by a communications terminal to conserve the power of the communications terminal and more efficiently utilize the communications resources of a wireless access interface provided by a mobile communications network.

Abstract: A coupler for an automation system for controlling a process, having a first interface for connection to a field bus for receiving a field bus message with process data of the process, a second interface for connection to a local bus for transmitting a local bus message, and a circuit implemented between the first interface and the second interface. The circuit has a non-clocked logic circuit comprising a number of hardware logic elements. The non-clocked logic circuit is equipped to change process data received through the first interface. The circuit is equipped to output the changed process data in the local bus message.

Abstract: Systems for routing data over first and second broadband channels. Communication data are received from one or more user equipment (UE). A first bandwidth capacity of the first broadband channel and a second bandwidth capacity of the second broadband channel are determined. A ratio of communication data throughput between the first broadband channel and the second broadband channel are adjusted based on a bandwidth allocation rule set that routes the communication data according to the first bandwidth capacity of the first broadband channel and the second bandwidth capacity of the second broadband channel.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there is provided systems and methods for extending a root complex to encompass an external component. A processor includes a processor core and root complex circuitry coupled to the processor core. The processor core is to execute a basic input/output system (BIOS) and an operating system (OS). The root complex circuitry includes a coherent interface port and a downstream port. The root complex circuitry is to couple to an external component via the downstream port and the coherent interface port. The BIOS, to extend a root complex beyond the root complex circuitry to encompass the external component, is to obfuscate the downstream port from the OS, define a virtual root bridge for the external component, and enable a security check at the external component to provide protection for the coherent interface port and the downstream port.

Abstract: A buffer system may include a buffer configured to receive input data having an assigned priority level, store the input data within a memory stack regardless of the priority level assigned to the input data, and sequentially output the input data stored in the memory stack in order of the priority levels assigned to the input data.