摘要:
A cooling device for cooling an electronic component. The device has an enclosure adapted to contain a liquid coolant. The enclosure has an internal channel system comprising a cavity adjacent the electronic component, a first group of arborizing channels adapted to carry the liquid coolant away from the cavity, a second group of arborizing channels adapted to carry the liquid coolant to the cavity, and a plenum fluidically connecting the first and seconds groups of arborizing channels. Each group of arborizing channels has a parent branch and multiple successive sets of daughter branches with successively smaller cross-sectional areas, wherein the sum of the cross-sectional areas of the daughter branches of any set is approximately the same as that of its parent branch. Distal sets of the daughter branches are most distant from the cavity, fluidically connected to the plenum, and have the smallest cross-sectional areas of the daughter branches.
摘要:
Methods and systems capable of capitalizing on fast access capabilities (low initial access latencies) of nonvolatile memory technologies for use in a host system, such as computers and other processing apparatuses. The host system has a central processing unit, processor cache, and a system main memory. The system main memory includes first and second memory slots, a volatile memory subsystem having at least one DRAM-based memory module received in the first memory slot and addressed by the central processing unit, and a nonvolatile memory subsystem having at least a first nonvolatile-based memory module in the second memory slot and addressed by the central processing unit. At least one memory controller is integrated onto the central processing unit for controlling the processor cache, the volatile memory subsystem, and the nonvolatile memory subsystem.
摘要:
Non-volatile storage devices and methods capable of achieving large capacity SSDs containing multiple banks of memory devices. The storage devices include a printed circuit board, at least two banks of non-volatile solid-state memory devices, bank switching circuitry, a connector, and optionally a memory controller. The bank switching circuitry is functionally interposed between the banks of memory devices and either the connector or the memory controller. The bank switching circuitry operates to switch accesses by a system logic or the memory controller among the at least two banks.
摘要:
A non-volatile memory-based mass storage device that includes a host interface attached to a package, at least one non-volatile memory device within the package, a memory controller connected to the host interface and adapted to access the non-volatile memory device in a random access fashion through a parallel bus, a volatile memory cache within the package, and co-processor means within the package for performing hardware-based compression of cached data before writing the cached data to the non-volatile memory device in random access fashion and performing hardware-based decompression of data read from the non-volatile memory device in random access fashion.
摘要:
A heat spreader and method for thermal management of a computer memory module by promoting natural convection cooling of the memory module. The heat spreader includes a frame surrounding a planar body adapted to be mounted to a memory module of a computer, and a grid defined in the planar body by a plurality of uniformly distributed perforations. The perforations extend through the planar body to allow natural convention between an interior space beneath the planar body and an exterior space above the planar body.
摘要:
A modular mass storage system and method that enables cableless mounting of ATA and/or similar high speed interface-based mass storage devices in a computer system. The system includes a printed circuit board, a system expansion slot interface on the printed circuit board and comprising power and data pins, a host bus controller on the printed circuit board and electrically connected to the system expansion slot interface, docking connectors connected with the host bus controller to receive power and exchange data therewith and adapted to electrically couple with industry-standard non-volatile memory devices without cabling therebetween, and features on the printed circuit board for securing the memory devices thereto once coupled to the docking connectors.
摘要:
A solar energy apparatus, comprising in combination, a primary reflector for reflecting and focusing the sunlight and a secondary reflector to reflect the focused sunlight, a fiber optics cable located to conduct the light from the secondary reflector toward an optoelectric chip located in heat transfer relation to a heat sink.
摘要:
A memory module adapted for installation in an open memory socket on a mainboard of a computer. The memory module includes a substrate with an edge connector comprising pins along an edge of the substrate, and at least one memory package mounted to the substrate and containing a memory die electrically connected to input/output leads located along the perimeter of the memory package and through which data signals are transmitted to and from the memory die. Data signal lines electrically connect a plurality of the input/output leads of the memory package to a plurality of the pins of the edge connector. Termination resistors individually electrically connect each of the data signal lines to ground, a supply voltage, or a reference voltage of the memory package so as to reduce noise and signal reflections through the data signal lines.
摘要:
A wireless mouse suitable for use with a computing device, and method of using such a mouse. The mouse includes a housing, electronics within the housing for sensing movement of the mouse and wirelessly communicating with the computing device, at least two batteries within the housing, a device for monitoring a power level of each of the batteries, and a device for switching between the batteries to deliver electrical power from one of the batteries to the electronics. Each battery is adapted for individually powering the electronics, and the switching device operates to switch from a first of the batteries to a second of the batteries when the power level of the first battery sensed by the monitoring device drops below a preset depletion threshold value.
摘要:
A test-ahead feature for non-volatile memory-based mass storage devices to anticipate device failure. The test-ahead feature includes a method performed with a solid-state mass storage device having a controller, a cache memory, and at least one non-volatile memory device. At least a first block is reserved on the at least one non-volatile memory device as a wear-indicator block and a plurality of second blocks are used for data storage. Information is stored corresponding to the number of write and erase cycles encountered by the second blocks during usage of the mass storage device, and the information is accessed to perform wear leveling among the second blocks. The wear-indicator blocks are subjected to an offset number of write and erase cycles in excess of the number of write and erase cycles encountered by the second blocks, after which an integrity check of the first block is performed.