A power saving cache and a method of operating a power saving cache. The power saving cache includes circuitry to dynamically reduce the logical size of the cache in order to save power. Preferably, a method is used to determine optimal cache size for balancing power and performance, using a variety of combinable hardware and software techniques. Also, in a preferred embodiment, steps are used for...

A method and system to adjust a non-volatile cache associativity are described. In one embodiment, the method and system include determining a status of the system; and setting an associativity level of the non-volatile memory cache (NVC) of the system, based on that status of the system. In one embodiment, the non-volatile memory unit is a cache of the hard disk. Furthermore, in one embodiment, d...

A processor capable of executing prefetching instructions containing hint fields is provided. The hint fields contain a first portion which enables the selection of a destination indicator for refill operations, and a second portion which identifies a destination.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that dynamically allocates physical registers in a windowed processor architecture. The system includes a physical register file and a register map that maps architectural registers defined within an executing program to physical registers within the physical register file. The system also includes a window allocation mechanism that allocat...

Embodiments of the invention provide for automatically resolving computer system boot-up problems and for ensuring the reliability of boot-up. According to embodiments, a test of a condition of a computer system may be performed prior to attempting to load an operating system, to ensure the reliability of the system. In other embodiments, a boot-up may be attempted from a plurality of different op...

A method for entering test mode of an integrated circuit device is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, after a lockout period, a test controller generates a signal indicating the integrated circuit is willing to enter the test mode. After the signal, the test controller monitors a test interface during a predetermined period of time for a digital password. Then, in response to a...

Test circuitry for supporting real-time testing of data exception software may be included on an integrated circuit. The circuitry supports the identification of a data unit or data group other than a next data unit or data group to be transferred in a data sequence and the generation of an erroneous data verification parameter that does not verify the data content of the identified data unit or d...

A method for preserving wood by contacting wood with a composition comprising an aqueous polymer dispersion, at least one surfactant, and a wood preservative.

Ultrasonic sensing systems are incorporated into surgical instruments to monitor operational fields defined by distal ends of the instruments. The instruments include proximal ends for their activation typically including one or a pair of handles which a surgeon grasps and operates, for example by squeezing the handles together or by pivotally moving a trigger portion of the handle relative to a f...

"USO DE UMA MISTURA DE AGENTE DE REFRIGERAçãO". A presente invenção refere-se a uma mistura de agente de refrigeração adequado para ser utilizado como substituto do agente de refrigeração 1.1.1.2-tetrafluoretano (R134a) em que a mistura compreende ou é constituída por hidrocarbonetos halogenados tendo um valor PAG~ 100~ menor que 150 e CO~ 2~. A mistura refrigerante é adequada de preferência em in...

"MéTODO E APARELHO DE CONTROLE DE POTêNCIA ELéTRICA DE TRANSMISSãO". é revelado um método e um aparelho capazes de minimizar uma redução na quantidade de potência elétrica de transmissão máxima sem degradar uma razão de potência de escoamento de canal adjacente quando se multiplexa em código a informação de controle adicional de multiplexação de código com dados e informação de controle principal....

A system for mounting a sign or graphic display to a structure allows rotation of the graphic display and provides for automatic return to the initial orientation.

The invention relates to nucleic acids covalently coupled to electrodes via conductive oligomers. More particularly, the invention is directed to the site-selective modification of nucleic acids with electron transfer moieties and electrodes to produce a new class of biomaterials, and to methods of making and using them.

A drop generator includes a substrate, and a mandrel that is disposed on the substrate for shaping the drop generator chamber. The mandrel is covered by the orifice member and thereafter removed.

This invention provides compounds having excellent antitumor activity, which are represented by the following formulae in which R¹, R², R³, m, n and R⁴ have the significations as given in the specification.

The present invention provides nucleoside compounds and certain derivatives thereof which are inhibitors of RNA-dependent RNA viral polymerase. These compounds are inhibitors of RNA-dependent RNA viral replication and are useful for the treatment of RNA-dependent RNA viral infection. They are particularly useful as inhibitors of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase, as inhibitors of HCV replica...

A thermosetting composition that includes an ungelled copolymer composition and a crosslinking agent. The ungelled copolymer composition includes a functional group-containing copolymer that includes segments of alternating residues derived from a donor monomer composition comprising an acceptor monomer composition. The donor monomer composition includes one or both of isobutylene and diisobutylen...

In a semiconductor flip-chip package having a semiconductor die 104 as part of a substrate assembly, a lid 110 (or lid assembly) and substrate 102 are supported to prevent tilting and teetering of the lid. The lid and substrate do not adhere, so as to reduce cracking of solder joints due to thermal cycling induced by repeated system power on-off. An adhesion prohibitor 315, 325 may be applied so t...

An electrodeless lighting system includes: a waveguide for guiding microwave energy generated from a microwave generator; and a resonator formed in a mesh structure allowing the microwave energy having passed the waveguide to resonate therein and passing light, and having around the bulb a microwave leakage preventing portion having a relatively low perforation ratio per unit area so that microwav...

A reception unit for a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus has an RF preamplifier connected at its signal input to a local coil with a PIN diode connected in parallel with the signal input and a supply voltage connection of the RF preamplifier being connected to a direct voltage source. The reception unit has a supply node that is connected with the supply voltage connection, the PIN diode and...