摘要:
Managing interrupts in a computing environment includes executing an instruction, deriving an interrupt mask value based at least in part on the instruction being executed, performing a masking operation involving the interrupt mask value and at least one pending interrupt to determine whether a pending interrupt is allowable, and in the event that the pending interrupt is allowable, performing the interrupt.
摘要:
Preempting the execution of a thread is disclosed. Preempting includes receiving an indication that a preemption of the thread is desired and context switching the thread out at a thread safe point in the event that a thread safe point is reached.
摘要:
A multiple processor system is disclosed. The processor system includes a first cluster including a first plurality of processors is associated with a first cluster cache, a second cluster including a second plurality of processors associated with a second cluster cache, and a cluster communication network between the first cluster and the second cluster for sharing data between the first cluster and the second cluster. The first cluster includes a first unshared connection to the cluster communication network and the second cluster includes a second unshared connection to the cluster communication network.
摘要:
Accessing memory in an array includes performing a first instruction, including by determining whether an index used by the first instruction is within a valid range and in the event that the index is within a valid range, determining a memory address related to an array element that corresponds to the index. Accessing memory in the array further includes, in the event that the index is within a valid range, performing a second instruction to access the array element, the access being based at least in part on the memory address determined by the first instruction.
摘要:
Compositions of and methods for formulating and delivering biologically active agent formulations having enhanced physical stability, and wherein deterioration from the presence of oxygen and/or water is minimized and/or controlled, to yield a stable formulation. The compositions of and methods for formulating and delivering biologically active agents of the present invention further facilitate their incorporation into a biocompatible coating which can be employed to coat a stratum-corneum piercing microprojection, or a plurality of stratum-corneum piercing microprojections of a delivery device, for delivery of the biocompatible coating through the skin of a subject, thus providing an effective means of delivering the biologically active agents.
摘要:
A high quality texture filtering technique in a computer hardware system. The texture filtering quality of the present invention is comparable to trilinear filtering. However, the present invention reduces the number of memory accesses by fifty percent in comparison to trilinear filtering. To achieve this result, the present invention determines a pixel value based upon one or more texel values, e.g., four texel values, from only one of two mipmap levels. The mipmap level that is used is based upon the fractional portion of the LOD value and the position of the pixel. For a group of pixels having the same LOD value, the present invention performs a dithering operation that results in some pixel values being determined using texel values from the lower level mipmap and the remaining pixel values being determined using texel values from the higher level mipmap. The percentage of pixel values that are determined using texel values from the higher level mipmap is proportional to the fractional portion of the LOD value.
摘要:
The present invention provides a display subsystem which includes a frame buffer, a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC), a first color look up table and a second color look up table. The first color look up table is located in front of the frame buffer. The second color look up table is located between the frame buffer and the DAC. When the display subsystem receives a command that involves pixels from a Device Independent Bit Map (DIB) file, the translation table provided with the DIB is stored in the first color look up table. This translation table has a number of entries equal to the number of combinations available with the particular DIB format. For example, if the DIB has a one bit color format the first translation table has two entries one for each possible state of the color bits in the DIB. If the DIB uses a four bit color format the first table has sixteen entries, if the DIB uses an eight bit color format the table would have two hundred and fifty six entries, etc. The length of each entry in the first translation table conforms to the number of color bit planes in frame buffer. For example if the frame buffer accommodates twenty four bits for a true color display, each entry in the first translation table would have twenty four bits. The second color translation table is used to operate on the color bits which are read from the frame buffer. The second translation table translates the logical color information in the frame buffer into bits which generate the desired colors on the display.
摘要:
Methods and systems of handling pipe. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods of handling pipe comprising placing a pipe on a conveyor when the conveyor is below a floor of a drilling rig (the pipe originating selectively from a first side of the conveyor or a second side of the conveyor, the second side opposite the first side), and raising the conveyor to be in operational relationship to the floor of the drilling rig.
摘要:
A method and system for providing a terminally sterilized transdermal natriuretic peptide delivery device. A microprojection member having a plurality of stratum corneum-piercing microprojections is coated with a natriuretic peptide- formulation an exposed to sufficient radiation to sterilize the microprojection member while retaining sufficient activity of the natriuretic peptide. Preferably, the microprojection member is sealed in packing with an inert atmosphere and reduced moisture. The sterilizing radiation can be gamma radiation or e-beam, preferably delivered in a dose in the range of approximately 14-21 kGy. Also preferably, the irradiation is performed at −78.5-25° C. In preferred embodiments, the radiation is delivered at a rate greater than 3.0 kGy/hr.
摘要:
A composition and method for formulating and delivering an adjuvanted immunological active agent, especially a vaccine, wherein adjuvant coagulation and concomitant loss of vaccine efficacy enhancement is mitigated or avoided. The adjuvanted, immunologically-active agent can be subjected to freezing, drying, freeze-drying, or lyophilization, and when reconstituted, retains a high level of potency. The present invention further provides for a composition and method for formulating and delivering a stable, adjuvanted, immunologically-active agent capable of being deposited on a transdermal delivery device or microprojection or array thereof.