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20130322190 | Memory Device Having Control Circuitry for Write Tracking Using Feedback-Based Controller - A memory device includes a memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells, and control circuitry coupled to the memory array. The control circuitry comprises at least one dummy memory cell, a feedback-based controller having inputs coupled to respective internal nodes of the dummy memory cell, and write signal generation circuitry coupled to the feedback-based controller and configured to provide one or more write signals for controlling writing of data to portions of the memory array. The feedback-based controller generates a reset signal for application to a reset input of the write signal generation circuitry at least in part as a function of a logic level transition delay of a selected one of the first and second internal nodes of the dummy memory cell. | 12-05-2013 |
20130322193 | MEMORY HAVING SELF-TIMED EDGE-DETECTION WRITE TRACKING - A memory includes a self-timed column imitating a bitline loading, a self-timed row imitating a self-timed word-line, a self-timed bitcell performing a dummy write in a write cycle, a writer driver coupled to the self-timed bitcell for an actual write, and an edge detection circuit coupled to the self-timed bitcell for tracking a write cycle time. | 12-05-2013 |
20140185366 | PRE-CHARGE TRACKING OF GLOBAL READ LINES IN HIGH SPEED SRAM - In embodiments of the invention, a memory circuit includes a static random access memory (SRAM), rows of M sense amplifiers, a global read precharge tracking control circuit controlling a precharge of global read lines, a sense amplifier output tracking circuit generating a reset sense amplifier signal for the sense amplifier control circuits, and a read delay circuit generating a trigger signal for the global read precharge tracking control circuit and the sense amplifier output tracking circuit and performing a fixed delay tracking of a read operation in a read cycle. A dummy global read line is coupled to the global read precharge tracking control circuit and returns from a half way to the top of the SRAM forming a tracking dummy global read line that determines a completion of the precharge of the global read lines before the sense amplifiers start discharging the global read lines in the read cycle. | 07-03-2014 |
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20090249102 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN MULTI-CHANNEL MEMORY CONTROLLER SYSTEMS - Disclosed is a method, apparatus and computer program product for reducing memory power consumption in a server system. The server system includes a memory controller and a plurality of Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs). The method for reducing the memory power consumption includes determining a status of a channel of a plurality of channels of the memory controller. The plurality of channels is associated with the plurality of DIMMs of the server system. The status of the channel represents a presence of at least one scheduled transaction in the channel. The method further includes monitoring the status of the channel by checking whether the status of the channel is in an idle mode for a period of at least equal to a first threshold time. Thereafter, the method includes driving the channel into a power down state based on the monitoring of the status of the channel. | 10-01-2009 |
20100191997 | PREDICT COMPUTING PLATFORM MEMORY POWER UTILIZATION - A method is to include implementing at least one statistical prediction model to predict memory power utilization and reduce power consumption for a computing platform. The implementation includes determining a configuration parameter for the computing platform, monitoring an operating parameter for the computing platform and predicting memory power utilization for the computing platform based on the determined configuration parameter and the monitored operating parameter. The method is to also include transitioning at least one memory module resident on the computing platform to one of a plurality of power states based at least in part on memory power utilization predicted via the implementation of the at least one statistical prediction model. | 07-29-2010 |
20110320847 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION FOR MEMORIES - Described herein are a method and an apparatus for reducing power consumption of memories by monitoring the power states of the memories via an operating system. The method comprises reading counter values corresponding to power states of each memory of a plurality memories; computing a power state usage corresponding to the power states of each memory of the plurality, the computing based on the counter values; determining whether the power state usage exceeds a predetermined threshold usage; and adjusting current and future usage of each memory of the plurality in response to determining that the power state usage exceeds the predetermined threshold usage. | 12-29-2011 |
20130151569 | COMPUTING PLATFORM INTERFACE WITH MEMORY MANAGEMENT - In some embodiments, a PPM interface may be provided with functionality to facilitate to an OS memory power state management for one or more memory nodes, regardless of a particular platform hardware configuration, as long as the platform hardware is in conformance with the PPM interface. | 06-13-2013 |
20140059368 | COMPUTING PLATFORM INTERFACE WITH MEMORY MANAGEMENT - In some embodiments, a PPM interface may be provided with functionality to facilitate an OS memory power state management for one or more memory nodes, regardless of a particular platform hardware configuration, as long as the platform hardware is in conformance with the PPM interface. | 02-27-2014 |
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20150023168 | DYNAMIC NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND TRAFFIC FLOW CONFIGURATION FOR RADIO NETWORKS - A system may receive, from a base station, information indicating that a network congestion level associated with the base station satisfies a threshold, the network congestion level being a measurement of traffic associated with a network, and the network including the base station. The system may determine, based on the network congestion level satisfying the threshold, traffic flow information for a plurality of traffic flows associated with the base station. The system may identify a congestion-causing traffic flow, of the plurality of traffic flows, based on the traffic flow information. The system may provide information identifying the congestion-causing traffic flow. | 01-22-2015 |
20150296402 | EVOLVED NODE B RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BASED ON INTEREST INDICATORS - A server device may store information identifying that one or more first user devices, currently connected to a network device via a particular band, should continue to communicate via the particular band when a connection threshold, associated with the particular band, has been exceeded. The particular band may be associated with a multicast service that provides multicast content to the one or more first user devices via the particular band. The server device may determine that the connection threshold has been exceeded; identify a second user device, currently connected to the network device via the particular band, that should no longer communicate via the particular band when the connection threshold has been exceeded disconnected; and prevent the second user device from communicating via the particular band based on determining that the connection threshold has been exceeded and identifying the second user device. | 10-15-2015 |
20150319472 | USER FEEDBACK BASED CONTENT DISTRIBUTION AREA - A method includes providing, to a user device, an identification of a superset of potential video programs that are available to be scheduled for multicast to a content distribution area that includes a cell associated with the user device. The method also includes receiving a selection of a subset of the potential video programs from the user device and a location associated with the user device. The method further includes generating at least one content distribution area based on the location of the user device and the selection of the subset of the potential video programs. | 11-05-2015 |
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20140241159 | OPTIMIZATION OF TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL (TCP) CONNECTIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Network parameters implemented in a number of network devices may be optimized. In one implementation, a device may receive values for a network parameters, the network parameters including network parameters associated with devices in a network. At least a first portion of the network parameters may relate to traffic control in transmission control protocol (TCP) sessions in the network and at least a second portion of the network parameters may relate to data transmission in a radio access interface in the network. The device may further receive values for performance indicators that define a performance of one or more aspects of the network. The device may further modify one or more of the network parameters based on the received values for the network parameters and based on the received performance indicators, to optimize performance of the network with respect to the performance indicators. | 08-28-2014 |
20150078179 | SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATOR FOR MULTICAST BROADCASTING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - The quality of a multicast broadcast that is being received by a mobile device may be determined. In one implementation, a method may include receiving a radio signal corresponding to a multicast broadcast of content; measuring a strength of the received signal; determining a minimum signal strength to receive the content associated with the multicast broadcast; determining a signal quality metric, associated with the multicast broadcast, the signal quality metric being based on a difference between the measured strength of the signal and the determined minimum signal strength; and providing a visual indication of the signal quality metric. | 03-19-2015 |
20150105094 | MOBILE DEVICE ASSISTED OPTIMIZATION OF A WIRELESS NETWORK - Traffic flows in a wireless network may be optimized based on a current state of the wireless network as well as based on information received from mobile devices attached to the wireless network. In one implementation, a method may include receiving, from mobile devices attached to the wireless network, values for parameters associated with applications that are executed by the mobile devices. The method may further include receiving, from network elements in the wireless network, information relating to a state of the wireless network; and determining based on the values for the parameters associated with the applications and based on the information relating to the state of the wireless network, modifications to an operation of the wireless network to optimize transmission of the traffic flows in the wireless network with respect to the parameters. | 04-16-2015 |