Abstract:
Embodiments utilize analog sub-threshold circuits to perform Boolean logic and soft-gate logic. These analog circuits may be grouped into configurable logic blocks that are locally asynchronous, but block-level synchronous. The Boolean logic, or function, performed by these blocks may be configured by programming bits. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Abstract:
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a printed circuit board substrate, a copper signal line disposed on the printed circuit board substrate, and a nonlinear transmission structure coupled to the copper signal line, wherein the nonlinear transmission structure is configured to sharpen a wavefront of a high speed signal pulse on the copper signal line. In some embodiments, the nonlinear transmission structure may include a voltage dependent dielectric layer on the printed circuit board substrate. In some embodiments, the voltage dependent dielectric layer may include a plurality of varactors positioned at a receiving end of the signal line.
Abstract:
In some embodiments, a cosmic ray detector includes a cantilever with a first tip. The detector also includes a second tip and circuitry to provide a signal indicative of a distance between the first and second tips being such as would be caused by a cosmic ray interaction event. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Abstract:
In one embodiment a charge storage device includes first (110) and second (120) electrically conductive structures separated from each other by a separator (130). At least one of the first and second electrically conductive structures includes a porous structure containing multiple channels (111, 121). Each one of the channels has an opening (112, 122) to a surface (115, 125) of the porous structure. In another embodiment the charge storage device includes multiple nanostructures (610) and an electrolyte (650) in physical contact with at least some of the nanostructures. A material (615) having a dielectric constant of at least 3.9 may be located between the electrolyte and the nanostructures.
Abstract:
Apparatus, systems and methods for implementing molecular quantum memory are disclosed. In one implementation, a source of polarized electrons (104) and a source of oppositely polarized electrons (106) maybe selectively coupled to at least one probe tip (117, 119) of a probe assembly. The at least one probe tip may, in turn, be electrically coupled to a molecule so that information may be written to the molecule using a time- varying polarized electron current selectively derived from the polarized electron current sources.
Abstract:
In some embodiments, a system includes a cosmic ray detector to detect cosmic rays and to generate cosmic ray detection signals indicative of the detected cosmic rays. The system also includes first circuitry to receive input signals and to produce output signals, and wherein the first circuitry speculates that the cosmic ray detector will not detect cosmic rays, but in response to the cosmic ray detection signals, the first circuitry re-performs at least some operations. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Abstract:
A copier (10) for rendering an image of an object onto a physical medium includes a scanner (60), a printer (80) and an external processor (30). The scanner (60) and the printer (80) are coupled to the external processor (30) by a high-speed serial bus (61) having a latency and a maximum signal transmission rate sufficient to enable transmission to the external processor (30) of the digital image signal generated by the scanner (60) which represent the image of the object without prior interim storage of the digital image signals in a buffer on board the scanner (60). The high-speed serial bus (61) further has a latency and a maximum signal transmission rate sufficient to enable transmission of the digital image signals from the external processor (30) to the printer (80) for rendering the digital image signals in a buffer on board the printer (80). In an embodiment, the external processor (30) is capable of processing the digital image signals and the scanner (60) is capable of transmitting the digital image signals without prior on-board digital processing of the digital image signals in the scanner (60) and the printer (80) is capable of rendering the digital image signals without prior on-board digital processing of the digital image signals in the printer (80).
Abstract:
This invention is a printer (30) which contains a print engine (31) for printing an image onto a physical medium. The print engine (31) receives signals representing the image to be printed directly from an external computer (20). The printer (30) is coupled to the external computer (20) by a high speed serial bus (26) that enables the printer (30) to print the images without prior interim storage of the signals in an onboard buffer in the printer (30). The signals may be processed in the external computer (20) before being transmitted to the printer (30), thereby eliminating the need for a processor onboard the printer (30).
Abstract:
Security from an unwanted intrusion into a computer system (12) is provided by coupling a host component (10) with a peripheral component (16-18) using a high-speed serial bus (14.1-14.4) having a high-speed physical layer and using features of the bus (14.1-14.4) to implement the security. In an embodiment, the high-speed serial bus (14.1-14.4) has a secondary bus layer that is used to implement a number of the security features of the invention.
Abstract:
A mass storage device (30) having a storage medium (31) on which digital signals can be stored. The mass storage device (30) is coupleable to a computer (20) through a high-speed serial bus (25). The high-speed serial bus has a latency and a signal transmission rate sufficient to enable transmission of digital signals between the mass storage device and the computer without interim storage (12 and 13) of the digital signals in a buffer (13) inside the mass storage device (10). The computer has a processor (22) capable of processing the digital signals and the digital signals may be transmitted between the mass storage device and the computer without processing of the digital signals by a processor (13) in the mass storage device.