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The entertainment, media and communications (EMC) deal market is still hot with 50% more mega-deals announced this quarter over last year. We cover the landscape of deals including private equity and cross-border deals, and dive deep into the myths and best practices of valuing early-stage technology companies. We recap recent deal activity in the most active sectors, including: Advertising & Marketing, Publishing and Internet.
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|Healthcare's new entrants: Who will be the industry's Amazon.com?
As the US healthcare ecosystem transforms into a technology-enabled and consumer-focused market, companies from outside the industry are moving fast to capitalize on the change. These new entrants are poised to radically change how care is accessed, delivered, managed and funded, diverting billions of dollars from traditional healthcare organizations and building new markets in the New Health Economy.
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Internet, Communications and Publishing sub-sectors saw increased deal activity, contributing to the 9% growth in announced deals for the 3 quarters ended 2013 versus prior year. In addition to deal trends for the year to date, a deeper look at one sub-sector -- telecom operations -- and the deal opportunities abounding as telecom companies look to improve network operations and spectrum efficiency.
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With mobile data consumption growing exponentially, mobile telecom operators need to manage the increasing demand while remaining profitable. This report outlines 3 ways that mobile operators can let customers self-manage data without compromising profitability.
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According to industry estimates, 2012 will be the year when household broadband revenues, globally, finally overtake household voice revenues. Perhaps more important in 2012, the number of 4G LTE mobile spectrum auctions, pilots and rollouts around the world will accelerate.
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|Customer profitability
Most organizations today assess business performance using revenue or broad based profitability metrics. Yet this approach may be causing organizations to miss valuable opportunities to make their business more profitable. A closer look at individual customers can help transform an organization's bottom line. Customer profitability analysis goes well beyond customer segmentation which measures the profitability of groups of customers based on geography or product mix - but looks at an individual customer and how they are contributing to the bottom line based on the products they own, subscriptions, customer service history, and other factors.
|How consumer conversation will transform business
How consumer conversation will transform business examines how new technologies and new methodologies are transforming a new source of consumer data — the customer's thoughts, intentions and innovative ideas obtained from conversations found in blogs, message boards, phone calls and other interactive media — into a dramatically deeper understanding of consumers.
We believe this granular, real-time view of unfiltered behaviors and attitudes has the potential to disrupt consumer-oriented businesses across numerous industries, including telecommunications, entertainment and media, retail, and consumer packaged goods.
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As part of our global consumer research program, PwC's Entertainment, Media, and Communications practice conducts consumer discovery sessions to elicit candid feedback and gain new understanding of consumer attitudes and behaviors in a rapidly changing media landscape.
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Zenyatta took on all comers Saturday, but neither the Polytrack, David Flores' gamesmanship nor a pace normally reserved for rush-hour traffic could stop the 6-year-old Street Cry mare.
She raised her record to 18-0 by becoming the first horse to win the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar three times. She'd already become the lone three-time winner of the Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park on June 13.
She keeps setting records, and yet some still continue to moan about who she's raced against and make outlandish claims that this horse or that horse would teach her a lesson or two.
One national turf writer wrote last week that the best horse in the country was running Saturday, but he meant Quality Road and not Zenyatta. Earth to writer — Quality Road has now lost four times in 11 starts, and Zenyatta is undefeated in 18, having beaten such high-class opposition as Gio Ponti, Ginger Punch, Cocoa Beach, Life Is Sweet and St Trinians along the way.
In fact, Quality Road was beaten last fall by Summer Bird, one of the 11 males Zenyatta cruised by in the stretch on her way to making Breeders' Cup history on Nov. 7 at Santa Anita.
Tell me this — if Zenyatta is so overrated, why is it none of those horses could beat her? Why, in 26 years, is she the only female to win the Breeders' Cup Classic?
Because she's great, folks. And it's too bad, as jockey Mike Smith said on a conference call last week, that people find the need to knock perfection.
"If things continue as they are, if we can pull two more off, as far as I'm concerned she'll go down as the greatest horse of all time," said Smith, her jockey for the past 15 races who was aboard for the neck victory in the Hirsch over the game 10-1 outsider Rinterval, who set a pace so slow that the race was in danger of running over into Saturday Night Live.
Closers are not supposed to win when the early splits are 25.41, 50.61 and 1:15.11 for a mile and one sixteenth. The pacesetter is supposed to keep on going to the winner's circle. Thing is, Rinterval was running against a machine called Zenyatta, who doesn't allow such tactics to derail her.
No, she doesn't win by the length of the grandstand like horses with higher cruising speeds sometimes do, but she wins. Last time I looked, that's all that matters.
"That's just her style," trainer John Shirreffs said. "She has such a wonderful stride and she never really hits it until the end of the race."
Last year, when she won the Hirsch by a head, she was clocked at 40 miles per hour by track technology when she hit the wire. This year she was traveling 38.2 miles per hour.
Must have been that extra carrot she ate Saturday morning that slowed her down.
Flores, who was aboard Zenyatta for the first three races of her career, did some keen race riding as the field of six turned for home in the Hirsch. With Zenyatta and Smith closing to his right, Flores deftly allowed Dance to My Tune to float the winner about five wide into the stretch.
"I saw David kind of look back and look for me," Smith said. "So I decided to just play it safe and just go on around and not get cute."
Smith decided cute would play better on a different day, like maybe Nov. 6 when Zenyatta, if all goes according to plan, tries to successfully defend her title in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs.
Until then, she'll have one more race — either the Zenyatta/Lady's Secret Stakes at Oak Tree in early October or the Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park on Oct. 2. Let's hope it's the Beldame so she can get off these tracks that truly hold her back and show her critics just how truly great she really is.
Not that Shirreffs needs any convincing.
"She's the best horse in the country," he said.
Not only the best horse in the country, but also a candidate for entertainer of the year. Her dance routine in the paddock and playing to the crowd in front of the grandstand after each victory are just two elements that make up the Zenyatta mystique.
"It's a fun thing for her," Smith said. "She should be entertainer of the year all the time because she loves to entertain."
And Smith is one of her biggest fans.
"I'm a fan along with those people," he said. "I just happen to be sitting on top of her. That's why she came back, for her fans."
Smith, a Hall of Fame rider who has done some of his best work aboard Zenyatta, just hopes that before her career is over she'll be truly recognized, not just in California, but all over the country for just how great she truly is.
"To me, I appreciate her more than my life itself," he said.
Another Hall of Famer, trainer Jack Van Berg, also has an appreciation for Zenyatta.
"I've seen a lot of great mares in my day," Van Berg told Jay Hovdey of The Daily Racing Form. "Ruffian was awful good. And Rachel Alexandra, you can't take nothing away from her. But I've seen Zenyatta do things I've never seen the best colts do.
"She comes from dead last every time. She's got in trouble, overcome obstacles. She's never had a rabbit for her to set the race up, and she's had paces where they were walking up there.
"I've watched her train from Day 1, before she even started. When she gets rolling, it seems like she's taking her one stride to everybody else's two or three. Last time she ran at Hollywood Park, when it looked like she was beat, it looked like she just looked over at that other filly and took off that last little bit."
That "other filly" was St Trinians, another of those tomato cans that Zenyatta keeps beating. Yes, the same St Trinians who defeated 2009 Ladies' Classic champion Life Is Sweet, whom Zenyatta treated like a kid sister each time they squared off against each other during the 2009 campaign.
When Zenyatta scored victory No. 17 in the Vanity, not only did she catch St Trinians when it appeared at the sixteenth pole that she was beaten, but she also beat a horse named Zardana. Another of those tomato cans she keeps beating.
You remember Zardana, right? Beat a filly by the name of Rachel Alexandra back in March at the Fair Grounds.
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Communication and computer interconnecting systems using Universal Direct Spherics (Unidispherics) philosophy makes it possible to transmit and store data in an efficient and rapid manner. The system architecture embodies a plurality of communication sites (nodes) which interact with each other by a symmetrical arrangement of great circles on a sphere or their equivalent. Each intersection of two great circles can be a node for linking processors, bulk memories, and in/out units (IND). In addition to the insertion of two great circles on a sphere, there are five other links, four along each of the great circles connected to the nodes at the adjacent great circle intersections and one cross-link to the node diametrically opposite on the sphere.
1. An improved communication network for a fault tolerant communication system for interconnecting in a computer a maximum plurality of independent node devices comprising:
at least two or more busses in the shape equivalent of a continuous circle;
a plurality of connectors electrically interconnected to said at least two or more busses with each connection forming a site node, a plurality of site nodes are directly linked to at least one other node, each of the nodes being electrically connectable to each other, to a computer internal communication layer, processing layer, memory layer and an input/output layer; and
means for selectively interconnecting said plurality of site nodes to each other, said communication layer, processing layer, memory layer and input/output layer.
2. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein a portion of said plurality of nodes are interconnected to only one other node.
3. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein the number of said plurality of connectors is at least three.
4. The invention as defined in claim 1 additionally comprising a plurality of cross-links connected between said at least two or more busses.
The present invention relates to communications and computer systems, and more particularly to system architecture which provides a broad spectrum of services simultaneously to a large number of devices and users in an efficient and rapid manner.
There are several well known approaches to the interconnection of a plurality of multi-processors. A short explanation of these known approaches are described in the following paragraphs.
The most current and widely proposed system is of the "Bussed multi-processor" type. As the name applies, this system comprises a number of processors on a bus(ses). There is a contention for bus communications, as the number of processors is increased, the bus data band width may become the limiting factor. A global memory is commonly employed in this architecture. Increasing the number of processors can also limit memory access. There is a lack of flexibility for system expansion. Quite often the bus(ses) data range and protocol complexity hinder performance. Pooled processors is terminology frequently applied.
Another system is referred to as "Pipeline Processing". This is a means of increasing throughput at a processing site without adding more bus accesses. A processing task broken into concurrent sequential units to speed up performance. Each processor performs its tasks and passes it to the next processor in the chain. This could also be implemented on a bus system, however, it could result in bus saturation. Pipeline processing is the basis for vector processing.
Another system is referred to as the "Transputers". Transputers is a processor node with its own local memory and four external serial communication links to other transputers or input/output links. With four external communication links it is readily configured into a pipeline or an array system. Since the number of communication channels and memory increases with the number of processors, it will not become communications or memory bound. For non-array or non-pipeline processing, one of the short comings of the transputer implementation is that for data transfer between two separate nodes, the connecting nodes become involved in communications handling, thereby limiting the connection nodes processing efficiency. A special programming language OCCAM has been developed for transputer concurrent processing.
Another system for processing is referred to as the "Systolic Processing" Systolic processing is performed with a two dimensional array of processors. The transputer implementation is a special case systolic processor. The systolic processor is well suited for array type of problems such as data filtering and image processing. A systolic processor node receives data from its upper and left neighbors and passes results on to it's lower and right neighbors. For nonsymmetrical operations, the processing nodes become overly involved in communications.
Still another system for processing is referred to as the "Hypercube". The hypercube is an extension of the systolic processing to more dimensions. Systolic processing is a two dimensional special case of the hypercube. The number of communication channels per hypercube depends on the hypercube dimension. Communication capability and the number of nodes increases for higher dimension hypercubes. The hypercube gives more flexibility for various problems than the systolic processor. The hypercube has the same problems as the systolic processor with wasted pass through nodes for non-compliant geometric processing solutions.
Still another system is referred to as "Stargraph Processing". Stargraph is like hypercube network except it uses less link per node. A stargraph of order four has three links per processor node and provides twenty four node processors with 72 links whereas a hypercube of order four has four links per processor node and has sixteen node processors with 64 links. A stargraph of order five provides 120 node processor with 480 links whereas a hypercube of order five has thirty two node processors with 160 links. A stargraph of order six provides 720 node processors with 3600 links whereas a hypercube of order six has sixty four node processors with 384 links.
Yet another system is referred to as the "Banyan Tree Processing". A Banyan tree network has two input and two output links plus a processor link at each node. Various versions exist such as the Butterfly network which is formed like a cylinder with processors along the input seam and memories along the output seam; Also the Torusnet which has the network in the form of a doughnut with processors at every node.
The processing approach of the present invention overcomes the disadvantages of other processing systems and adds additional desirable features.
This disclosure describes a new processing configuration referred to as "Unidispheric Processing". The term "Unidispherics" is derived from Universal Direct Spherics where the word definitions imply the performance of Unidispherics processing:
Universal--Unrestricted fitness or adaptability, all embracing range of abilities.
Direct--Straightforward, to indicate the distinction of having or being the shortest course, to guide or supervise.
Spherics--The geometry and trigonometry of figures on the of a sphere.
The Unidispherics processing configuration uses an independent communication network (ICN) arranged on a spherical surface (for the purpose of visual clarity) with four links going on the spherical surface to adjacent modes on the same great circles (for symmetrical unidispherics), and one cross link going to the diametrical opposing node. This assures high connectivity with a minimum number of links in the path between any two nodes, while limiting the number of links to two and one half times the number of nodes. The processing, memory and input/output operations are separate functional layers implemented with Independent Node Devices (IND) consisting of an Independent Processing Device (IPD), an Independent Memory Device (IMD) and an Independent Input/Output Device (IOD) which are attached (no more than one per node) to the communication nodes. Both symmetrical and non-symmetrical INC can allocate a portion of its nodes to a systolic array with one link length between the array nodes.
The processing approach of the present invention will overcome the disadvantages of other processing systems and add desirable features to the computer networking art.
An object of this invention is to avoiding processor tie-up in the communication problem.
Another object of this invention is to avoiding communication link limiting and lack of memory access.
Another object of this invention is to avoiding limitations due to local memory.
Another object of this invention is to provide flexibility for both array type processing and irregular processing.
Still another object of this invention is to minimize the number of communication nodes in any data path.
Still another object of this invention is to minimize the number of communication links in the system.
Still another object of this invention is to minimize communication hardware portions of total hardware cost.
Still another object of this invention is to provide re-configuration capability for failed units.
Still another object of this invention is to provide high performance capability, processing, memory access and data transfer.
Yet another object of this invention is to provide the ability of working with popular software languages.
A further object of this invention is to maximize independence of communications network software and hardware from processors software and hardware.
These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art after considering the following detailed specification in which the preferred embodiment are described in conjunction with the accompanying drawing Figures.
FIG. 1 depicts the functional areas of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a four node spheric showing of the communication network of the invention;
FIG. 3 is a pseudo planisphere showing of the network of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a six node spheric showing of the communication network of the invention;
FIG. 5 is a pseudo planisphere showing of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a eighteen node spheric showing of the communication network of the invention;
FIG. 7 is a pseudo planisphere showing of FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is a thirty node spheric showing of the communication network of the invention;
FIG. 9 is a showing of a pseudo planisphere showing of FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is a twenty four mode non-symmetrical showing of the communication network of the invention with the cross-links not shown;
FIG. 11 is a showing of a pseudo planisphere showing of FIG. 10 with the cross-links shown;
FIG. 11A is an eighteen node two dimensional undisphere reduced to network shown;
FIG. 12 depicts a schematic showing of a communication node message forward switching circuit of the invention;
FIG. 13 depicts a schematic showing of a communication node and link termination system;
FIG. 14 is a schematic showing of a path route example from node thirty to node seventeen of a thirty node ICN;
FIG. 15 is a schematic showing of a path routing example from node ten to node seventeen of a thirty node ICN; and
FIG. 16 is a schematic showing of a switching logic path for node twenty six in example path.
Referring now to the various drawing Figures. Referring now specifically to drawing FIG. 1, the communication system of the instant invention is directed to communication nodes and links interconnecting a communication layer 10, a processing layer 12, a memory layer 14 and an input/output layer 16 to create an Independent Communications Network (ICN). There are Independent Node Devices (IND) of three types; Independent Processing device (IPD), Independent Memory device (IMD) and Independent Input/Output device (IOD).
Isolating the processing bulk memory 14 and in/out layer 16 into Independent Node Devices (IND) requires that the ICN is the integrating element (hardware wise) for the processing system.
In a systolic array as mentioned above, communications are good between adjacent nodes, but are poor between nodes near opposite edges of the array. Communications and availability in a linear bus system is improved by closing it into a ring. Similarly it can be improved for a systolic array by connecting two edges and forming a cylinder. However, this still leaves poorer communications between nodes near the top and bottom of the cylinder.
In the ICN Unidispherics processing concept the interconnections are mapped on a spherical surface. This will maximize connectivity between various communication nodes. An example is shown in FIG. 2 for a simple four node configuration. The system of the present invention is accomplished by mapping segments of a great circles on a spherical surface, hence the adoption of the term spherics in the term Unidispherics to describe the communication system of the present invention. A pseudo plainsphere (closely resembling a plane projection of the sphere) of the four node network of FIG. 2 is shown in drawing FIG. 3. All communication paths (a path is the set of links required to go from a source node to a destination node) are one link maximum in this example, providing connectivity.
An example of a six node Unidisphere is shown in drawing FIG. 4 and its pseudo plainsphere is shown in drawing FIG. 5. With only four interconnects/node, there are three paths (1-3, 2-4 and 5-6) that are two links in length, Increasing the number of links from twelve to fifteen makes the maximum path length one link. There are many two link paths available in the case of a one link path failure.
The use of cross links (a twenty-five percent increase in the number of links) substantially improves interconnectivity in larger communication nets. This is shown in drawing FIG. 6 for an eighteen node Unidispherics ICN and in drawing FIG. 7 for its pseudo plainsphere. For efficient cross linking, it is desirable to have symmetric Unidispherics ICN so the cross link is to opposite poles on the sphere. This is the case for the six, eighteen and thirty node ICN's shown in the last mentioned drawing Figures. The thirty node ICN is illustrated in drawing FIGS. 8 and 9. It is apparent that the eighteen node ICN is a selectively de-populated version of the thirty node ICN. From the examples it can be seen that it is very difficult to visualize a high interconnectivity on a two dimensional drawing.
If a portion of a Unidispherics system is used for systolic array processing, the selected nodes will require some two and/or three link paths. If the system will be doing array processing continually, then a portion can be specifically set aside for that purpose as shown in drawing FIG. 10 and 11 for an ICN that could support a two times two to a three times eight systolic array. The interconnectivity is not as good as for spherically symmetric ICN, requiring a six link maximum path length (vs. five link) with four interconnects/node for twenty four (vs. thirty) nodes. The cross link additions improve it to a three link maximum path length like the larger (thirty) nodal system. For a thirty node non-symmetric spherical ICN, the ICN could be setup to support arrays from two times two to five times six for example with a single link interconnects in the systolic array portion. The twenty four node non-symmetrical spherical ICN could be arranged to support two times two to four times six arrays.
For some applications with limited number of nodes, and with lower data rate bandwidth requirements, a two dimensional reduction of the Undispherics is shown in FIG. 11A. It is basically in the form of a ring with cross-links. However it uses Unidispherics message protocol and communication nodes, not ring bus protocol.
The number of nodes can be increased without limit in either the symmetric or non-symmetric ICN's while using only two and one half times the number of nodes links including cross links. For instance as follows:
______________________________________Number of Symmetric Maximum Number Maximum NumberGreat Circles Of nodes of links______________________________________ 7 42 105 8 56 14016 240 60040 1560 3900______________________________________
It should now be apparent that the Unidispherics Processing Configuration use an Independent Communication Network (ICN) arranged on a spherical surface (for visualization purposes) with four links going on the spherical surface to adjacent nodes on the same great circles (for symmetrical Unidispherics), and one cross link going to the diametrically opposing node. This assures high connectivity with a minimum number of links in the path between any two nodes, while limiting the number of links to two and one half times the number of nodes. The processing, memory and input/output operations are separate functional layers implemented with Independent Node Devices (IND) consisting of Independent Processing device (IPD), Independent Memory Device (IMD) and Independent Input/Output Device (IOD) which are attached (no more than one per node) to the communication nodes. Both symmetrical and non-symmetrical ICN's can be configured with as many nodes as necessary. The symmetrical ICN has a better connectivity than the non-symmetrical ICN. The non-symmetrical ICN can allocate a portion of its nodes to a systolic array with one link length between the array nodes.
A wide number of possible implementation methods exist for the ICN. For this implementation, a general variable packet length message consisting of sixteen bit words will be utilized. Since it is much simpler to implement unidirectional solid state switching than bi-directional switching, unidirectional switching will be employed. A return path will be provided for each forward path to easily accommodate different speed IND's at the source and destination nodes by use of a "ready" response message for each data word. Each communication node will have the equivalent of a six pole switch S in the forward path (FIG. 12) and six pole switches S in the return path operated in the image of the forward path (FIG. 13). These will provide all necessary switching to/from the five communication links and the IND.
A fast eloquent method for signal path selection and activation is used. In drawing FIG. 15 is shown an example routing from source node ten to destination node seventeen for a thirty node Unidispheric. From drawing FIGS. 8 and 9 it can be seen there is a two link path through node 26. The IND at node 10 will in its packet include the destination node address, which in the example (FIG. 15) is shown as binary coded. The link termination for the source node IND will search the ROM path library for the shortest path to the destination node, which will be described with sequential three bit numbers, each three bit number identifying the link number to the next node. In the example, it is link three from node 10 to 26, link 1 from node 26 to 27, and IND link at node 17. The link termination at node 10 directly selects link 3, whereas the Concurrent Node Controller (CNC) (FIG. 14) at the other nodes decodes the first three bits on the receiving link to select the transmitting link to the next node. A one link path would have a small delay of 150 nano seconds for three bits at 20 MBPS. A two link path delay is 300 nano seconds (as in the example) and a three link path delay is 450 nano seconds.
If a link at a node in the path selected by the source node is busy, that node CNC will send back a "busy" message and the source node will select an alternate path not using that link.
This is deemed simpler and as fast as having that busy link node CNC receive all the node switch settings, select a new path, strip the old node settings and insert the new node switch settings.
At each node in the path, the 3 switch settings bits for that node are stripped from the front end and only the switch setting bits for the remaining nodes in the path are transmitted onward. At each node (except the source node) then there is the 3 bit switch set buffer delay of 150 nano seconds at 20 MBPS plus the switch operate time plus the transmission delay through the node circuitry.
The Unidispherics ICN provides ample redundancy. There is at least half an order of magnitude more signal paths available than are required. Data bandwidth also is substantial with only links totaling two and one half times the number of nodes.
During idle time each link termination will conduct self test of its node links. Each packet will have an error detection code word. If a link has a permanent failure (as observed by repetitive failures), that link failed status will be sent to all link terminations status memory so paths containing that link are removed from availability.
When the destination node IND has received the complete message and checked it for errors, it will send a "message OK/OK" response to the source node IND. The path links will remain activated long enough after the forward message data bit transitions stop, for the response message to be sent. After that the links will become available for another message path.
The communication node consists primarily a simple switching device. Each link termination contains the bus protocol circuitry and ROM path library as in FIG. 14.
The IPD or its link(s) to its communications node will not be described in any detail because its configuration depends on the particular system application requirements. If a single string IPD is used, the IPD link to the communication node will be single string as shown in FIG. 14. If a self checking pair IPD is used, then dual redundant links and node switches will be utilized. The processor thruput would be used for the application. In general, what can be said about the IPD is that it will have a cache memory to reduce traffic to the bulk memory IMD, and that its operating system software and recent data will be stored in bulk memory for another IPD to take over its function in case of failure. Each IPD will have self failure detection capability.
As with the IPD, the IMD specifies depend on particular application. In IMD provides a bulk storage capability. If its a dual ported device, the ports could connect to separate communication nodes. Since the IMD has serial data channels, the IPD's will rely on their cache memories for the very high speed memory accesses.
The IOD is application specific. Redundancy can be applied to the IOD by using separate communication nodes, or by building in redundancy at one communication node.
Functional segregation of communications, processing, memory, and input/output facilitates the provision of a flexible, high speed connectivity that is not effected by the processor tasks with other systems (e.g. Transputer) where the processor is intimately involved with the communications provisions. The goals that were established for the Unidispherics Processing have been largely accomplished.
It is important to keep the communication link short. A spherical arrangement of hardware is not particularly practical. The most convenient arrangement is a hollowed-out cylinder or a multi-sided rod type of configuration. The INDs would be located at the outer surface of the cylinder or multi-faced rod, and the ICN would be on the interior surface. In drawing FIG. 14, links 1,2,3 and 4 would generally tend to be routed at a constant radius from the cylinder center, while link 5 would generally be radially routed as would the IND link termination.
The bulk of the system software would reside in IPDs with major modules stored in the INDs along with current reconfiguration data. The software language would be selected, depending in part on the IPD and the IND designs. For message transmittal, the source IND would send to its link termination the destination address. The link termination would select a path to the destination mode and send the 3 bit switch selection for each node down the path. The link termination would contain the software/hardware involved with communication path operation such as error detection code generation and check (and correction if applied), self test, formatting and so forth. The software for the integrating element, the ICN, is kept simple while retaining the capability for fast, high redundancy communication networking with multiple path selection availability. The selection process would pick a single link path over a two link path, a two link path over a three link path and so forth. The selection within a given path length group would be rotated.
The Unidispherics Processing System is adaptable to containing special add-ons such as a parallel high speed bus from processor(s) (IPDs) to bulk memory(s) (IMDs). These types of add-ons would be hardware configured outside of the ICN, however, they may utilize the ICN message transmission function for purposes like control.
The use of 1,2 or 3 link paths limits transmission length and delays. The communication node switches would be implemented with logic gates which provide link-to -link impedance isolation. A serial data rate in the order of at least 20 MBPS should be achievable on these short point-to-point links.
The relatively simple Concurrent Node Controller (CNC) and switching logic could be implemented with a microprocessor and software or with special logic. For fast operation, special logic is utilized. In drawing FIG. 16 some of the logic functions are illustrated for node 26 which for the forward path has link 3 in and link 1 out. The upper half of drawing FIG. 16 is associated with the forward path switching and the lower half with return path switching (link 1 in and link 3 out). The first 3 bits in the packet arriving on link 3 enter the buffer (inhibited from doing so if link 3 is used for return path at other times for other messages) and are decoded for outgoing link selection (in this example link 1). Link 1 is selected, provided it is not already busy. If link 1 is busy, a "busy" message is sent back on link 3 out. Link 1 out can be selected by 1 of 5 forward path requests or 1 of 5 return path requests.
The "busy" interlocks prevent more than one request at any time. The same is true of the other link outputs selection. The selection of link 1 for output automatically selects 3 out for the return path.
The link logic for link 3 in is repeated for the other 4 link inputs. For the IND in link, the link termination directly requests the output link for the source node rather than using the buffer and link decoder. One of six forward switches (6 gates) and one of six return switches (6 gates and 6 ":or" logic) are shown. Logic functions not shown include "end of packet reset" and "return path termination timeout", also "clock and bit sync".
If it is desired to have wide physical distribution of the nodes, fiber optic communication links easily capable of 50 MBPS or higher data rates can be employed. The links circuitry is more complex requiring emitter drivers, detector sensing, fiber optic mating and higher speed interfacing circuitry. The added transit delay is approximately 1.0 nanosec per foot of fiber optics. With the message/response (ARQ) protocol, different amounts of transmission delay with various length fiber optic communication links do not cause any synchronization problems.
While the present invention has been described with reference to particular embodiments thereof, it will be understood that numerous modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without actually departing from the scope of the invention. Accordingly, all modifications and equivalents may be resorted to which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.
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So close yet so far.
It was clear tonight that WWE forgot they now have to book three hour episodes of Raw if you ask me. There was no main event, and they had nothing better to improvise than what has to be the least progressive and relevant ending to Raw in a long time.
Before the catastrophe that was Brock Lesnar, Triple H and Shawn Michaels' poorly improvised ending, tonight's Raw had been solid in my eyes. John Cena showed my claims as truth by doing the unsporting thing and refusing to shake CM Punk's hand (and just as London 2012 had finished, shame on you Cena), Chris Jericho and Dolph Ziggler featured on the only entertaining Piper's Pit in WWE history, and we got a plethora of decent matches.
Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H - and we still don't care…
Usually when you sign a contract signing which is four months in the making on a professional wrestling show, you get an unforgettable moment – USUALLY.
Unfortunately for WWE, there was no brawl and nothing progressive in what has been a dead rivalry since its inception. Of the WWE fans I've spoken to there has been a resounding response of 'who cares?' when the name Brock Lesnar comes up. Just to make things worse for WWE, tonight was a disaster in terms of ending the show. Instead of having Lesnar 'break' Shawn Michaels' arm, why not end on the Punk/Cena versus Bryan/Show match? At least then Raw would have ended on a moment which progresses a key storyline and was actually interesting.
Much like with John Cena, WWE is shoving this Lesnar/Triple H rivalry down our throats begging us to like it. I'm not responding to it for the simple fact that I lost interest in Lesnar's return when he was made to semi-job to Cena at Extreme Rules and it subsequently took all of the fire out of his return. To add salt to the wound that is Lesnar's expensive contract, he has so few appearances that it is hard to make us care about him anymore (at least The Rock's few appearances are backed up by his promo skills, something Lesnar has never had).
I'm sure the match itself will be just as good as the majority of Lesnar/Cena was, but just avoid making it a main event, PLEASE!
And Cena isn't the heel…
I wrote about this last week, and I'm actually enjoying the Cena/Punk rivalry (Big Show is just another guy who got an incomplete push and will inevitably slow what could have been a great match down), but CM Punk is not the heel in this rivalry. I'm not going to waffle on about it again (if you want to read my views on Cena/Punk I urge you to read my blog from last week), but tonight Cena effectively proved he doesn't respect Punk by declining his handshake after he saved him from the assault of Show.
On second thought, I will reference one thing from last week's entry.
Cena's claims that Punk has to earn the respect of those around him are now null and void since Punk earned that respect almost a year ago from Cena, and then provided back up for him tonight. Respect is not a trait determined by the arrogance of the individual in question if you ask me, especially when it comes to someone who has never denied that arrogance and then gone on to be the best WWE Champion in years.
Other than that, I enjoyed the tag team match which preceded the non-handshake. I just wish Bryan would stop being pinned by Cena, and that Cena would learn to deliver his own moves correctly before trying (and failing) to mimic CM Punk.
In other news…
CM Punk def. Big Show via DQ – I wish WWE would stop wasting PPV matches on their weekly shows, but I enjoyed the match and Daniel Bryan's interference. It also led to a better tag team match at the end of the night, so I have no complaints.
Ryback def. JTG – I'm glad Ryback is getting some actual superstars to wrestle with, and I like the slightly altered theme song. Feed him more, WWE. Feed him more.
R-Truth def. Heath Slater, Truth attacked by the PTP – I'm sure Slater and Truth could have been put into a better match than this, but it served only as a platform for the now manager-less PTP to attack Truth. Did anybody else notice Little Jimmy was wearing a tutu and an eye patch?
Sin Cara def. Tensai – I'm glad Cara is winning matches as I can see him as a good United States Champion (along with around four other contenders), but what happened to Tensai? He once main evented against John Cena, y'know…
RAWactive Piper's Pit with Chris Jericho leads to a Triple Threat – after The Miz and Dolph Ziggler crashed a business-as-usual (by which I mean dull and pointless) Pit, we got a great Triple Threat match. For me, this was the best match of the night.
Layla & Kaitlin def. Beth Phoenix & Eve – So, yeah. There was a divas match, and it lasted more than five minutes. I hope this trend doesn't continue until they start to build rivalries with the divas.
Damien Sandow def. Christian – despite the distraction from Brodus Clay, Sandow thankfully came out as the winner in this one. My only reservation is that it was Christian being underutilised in this way led him to TNA once before. Just saying…
I won't mention Raw's closing segment again. I'll just close this week's entry by saying that I enjoyed the majority of Raw. The matches were all worth watching and for the most part there was some storyline progression. I even have high hopes about SmackDown being good again this week.
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Korea Elderly Care Fund Established
| Pyongyang, January 25 (KCNA) -- The Korea Elderly Care Fund (KECF) was newly established in the DPRK. It is a non-profit, non-governmental organization registered as its legal body in the DPRK with a mission of giving cooperation and support to the old people so that they may live a healthy and worthwhile life.
It will be operated by the funds created by the institution for protecting the aged and those donated by international organizations, charity organizations and overseas compatriots and others.
The funds will be used for repairing and renovating comprehensive service facilities for the aged and old people's homes and building welfare facilities for them.
They will be also used for producing and distributing various kinds of publications necessary for the management and protection of the old people's health, setting up apparatuses for their physical training and rehabilitation and producing tonic, etc.
A national computer network will be established in different parts of the country to care for the old people.
Ri Chol Hui, vice-chairperson of the Central Committee of the Korean Federation of Protecting Aged Persons, 63, noted that KECF would reenergize the exchange and cooperation with different countries and international organizations.
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People all over the community will be rolling up their sleeves today for the annual service celebration commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Students, teachers and volunteers at Ward Stewart Elementary got a jump start on the service Friday as they continued working on Project GoPlay.
"We wanted to have a day of service... We decided to kick off our MLK Day Friday so the students could take part," teacher Tammy Gammill said. "This gets us one step closer to the overall goal of GoPlay."
GoPlay was an idea that originated in 2009 by parent Heather Carson as a way to integrate education and the outdoors. What started with a state-of-the-art playground, which was completed in the July 2010, has morphed into a complete make over of the Henderson Ward Stewart campus, which encompasses not only the play ground, but it is also working towards the completion of a confidence course and discovery path.
With the help of more than 50 teacher, parent and community volunteers and the SPROUTS grant, Project GoPlay has been allowed to grow and evolve into a project that will help get children outdoors while they learn.
"It is difficult to express the level of gratitude I feel for the educators, students, parents, and community volunteers who have spent time on the GoPlay project," Carson said. "We are fortunate to have so many caring individuals who not only say they support local schools, but also roll up their sleeves and jump in to help."
"This is a local project. It's Starkville, our community. Henderson Ward Stewart teacher volunteers are writing curriculum, Mississippi State University faculty and student volunteers are creating outdoor learning stations, community volunteers are cleaning up planting beds, and local businesses are sharing expertise to make the Discovery Zone a reality. Volunteers drive the GoPlay Initiative," Carson added.
Friday, students planted daffodil bulbs with the help of Lee Shuffield and Shuff Landscape, Inc. employee volunteers. The landscaping group has helped in many landscaping aspects like building planters and clearing over-grown vegetation along the discovery path.
"I talked to my team, and they have the same desires I do about helping education, and they wanted to go out and volunteer some help and enjoy spending time doing something worth while," Shuffield said.
Ward Stewart third grade teacher Tabitha Shuffield and her class teamed up with the landscapers to help beautify campus by planting the bulbs.
The landscapers helped dig holes and showed the students the proper way to plant the daffodil bulbs so they will bloom in the spring.
The service will continue Monday with the installation of rain barrels for the wetlands node of the discovery path and for irrigation. Kenny Langley, Mississippi University for Women science enrichment coordinator; Toby Gray, parent volunteer with children two at HWS who has been a part of the project from the beginning and Heather Carson will be installing the rain barrels.
Langley, with his background in landscape architecture and education, heard of Carson's project and need for volunteers and felt he was a good fit for the project.
"I'm just a big proponent of volunteering and using gifts and talents to help the community, and I don't see a better place to do that than education," Langley said. "I feel like everyone should spend some hours a week volunteering in their community."
He has also been very involved in the curriculum side of the discovery path that will host seven nodes, which stand for the seven continents: North America will house the wetland node, Africa will teach children about the Savannah, Europe will educate children about deciduous forests and Chaparral, South America will be the rainforest, Australia is hot desert and Antarctica will be the frozen desert.
Langley has been working to provide a cross-curriculum lesson for teachers to use with each node that spans the core subjects like math, science, literature and English. The curriculum will be available for all teachers to use when they take their classes through the discovery path.
"We've developed an idea, and now we've started to push forward on the wetland zone," Langley said. "There is a lot of things going on in wetlands that hasn't been understood. We want to help kids understand the water cycle and how the wetlands impact the environment."
The rain barrels were donated by Cody Smith, a Mississippi State Day One Leadership freshman, and his Day One team. The Day Oners have been involved with the GoPlay all semester, particularly with manual labor.
"We did a lot of landscaping for sure. We changed an almost barren, water-cogged drain into a wetland — almost. We made a wetland with water and rocks, and we're working on a bridge," Smith said. "It's definitely rewarding being a part of something like that. I was proud of my group with how hard they worked with all the manual labor. When we got done, my team had a sense of fulfillment."
To find out more about GoPlay, volunteer opportunities and upcoming projects, visit http://www.starkville.k12.ms.us.


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Deep Blue Sea Kayaking
The introductory Discover Sea Kayaking sessions are running from our base in Dun Laoghaire. See Dublin Bay from a completely different viewpoint and enjoy an adventure on the water. Learning a new skill in a very dynamic environment makes sure you're focused entirely on the present. Leave your cares and worries on the shore during your 3 hour paddle.
Greenland paddling & rolling...
We had a fun weekend in Mullaghmore with Cheri Perry & Turner Wilson. Some nice commentary and photos thanks to Greg Miller are here.
Next weekend it's to Dublin. Full details are here.
Cheri Perry, Turner Wilson, Sonja Ewen, Des Keaney
What you get on Deep Blue courses...
Fully qualified Level 3 & Level 4 Sea Instructors. As well as being fully qualified, all our instructors are highly experienced and enjoy passing on the wonders of sea kayaking to our students. For full info on qualifications, have a look here.
No more that 4 students per instructor/assistant on open water.
We fully comply with all Irish Canoe Union Guidelines.
Expedition sea kayaks and paddles.
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Like to give something special? We offer vouchers for any amount. For example, a Discover Sea Kayaking session costs as little as €45. They'll really have something to look forward to.
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The new credit card consumers bill of rights went into effect yesterday. The new legislation will put a stop to some of the more egregious practices perpetrated by the credit card industry—at least, until they can worm their way through the loopholes. (In fact, some banks have already preemptively raised their rates [1] to get around some of these regulations.)
Author Anya Kamenetz [2] (Generation Debt, DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education [3]) explains what this means for you the consumer on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer.
The new credit card consumers bill of rights, signed into law by President Obama, takes effect today. Its goal is to give consumers more protection against credit card policies.The measure mandates that credit card companies need to give 45 days' notice before an increase in interest rates. It also puts more restrictions on issuing credit cards to students.
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[6] What's a Degree Really Worth? The Million-Dollar Misunderstanding: http://www.chelseagreen.com/blogs/whats-a-degree-really-worth-the-million-dollar-misunderstanding/
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It is with great pleasure that we welcome our new partner, Disc Golf Station! A couple of weeks ago, Clint Henderson dropped me a line asking if we would be willing to give them a link on our site. Well, today Clint dropped a ton of swag on my doorstep which included some really nice plastic that will be turning up at the next tournament. Drop by their shop and check out their disc sale (UP TO 20% OFF LIST PRICE. with free shipping!) and their First Run Pre-sale! They've got a wide range of gear for all your disc golf needs, including the Lightning DB5 basket. Oh, and check them out on Facebook when you have a chance. Welcome Clint and Disc Golf Station!
And this year we sold out even earlier than we did last year! Because we have actually run over our announced limit of 150, it is very unlikely we will be drawing anyone from the waiting list to fill cancellations. We know that a number of people are disappointed but we have to be fair to those who registered in a timely fashion and keep the field to a manageable size. Continue reading
The Mach I announces that there will be no late charges this year. Yes, that is right, If you fall asleep at the switch and forget to register, Mach I management will pay your late charges for you. And for those of you who will be arriving early Saturday morning, we will be sending out groups until 11am. See you there.
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Chinese celery adds oomph to walnut and cheese salad
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If the writers of the TV satire Portlandia had come to Washington and eaten at Etto while working on Season 4, they might have rethought the sketch featuring a marketer trying (and failing) to make celery the hip new vegetable. Because all it takes is one forkful of "Celery, Celery, Celery and Walnut" to realize that co-owner Peter Pastan has met the challenge.
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Once Upon a Time Season 2, Episode 2 Sneak Peek: Can Prince Charming "Fix Everything"? (VIDEO)
Air date: October 7, 2012.
In this sneak peek of Once Upon a Time Season 2, Episode 2: "We Are Both," the townsfolk are in a frenzy. Everyone has a question: Where's Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle)? Can The Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla) use magic? Are the nuns allowed to date now? (Thank you for that important query, Dr. Whale [David Anders].) Basically: WTF is going on?


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Exhibition – A Study of Hair – Backwoods Gallery – Collingwood
The next show in the "Study of" series, curated by Alex Mitchell at Backwoods Gallery is 'A Study of Hair', coming up this Friday. This series has always produced mad work, and I'm sure this one will too. With a massive line up, I can't wait to see what's on show. We'll see you down at Backwoods next Friday.
Who: C215, Dave Kinsey, Faith47, Inkie, Jonathan Guthmann, Mark Bode, Merda, Miso, ROA, Stephen Ives, Shohei Otomo, TwoOne, Usugrow, Yusk Imai and Alexander Mitchell.
What: A Study of Hair.
Where: Backwoods Gallery. 25 Easey st. Collingwood.
When: Friday 26th September 6pm to 9pm.
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Carey earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University in 1994. He attained his acquisition certification in Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering – Systems Engineering in 2006. He graduated with distinction from the School of Aviation Safety in 2007. In December 2010, he graduated with distinction from the Naval War College with a Command and Staff diploma and from the Naval Postgraduate School with a Master of Business Administration in Financial Management. He also received a lifetime membership in BETA GAMMA SIGMA – The International Honor Society Recognizing Business Excellence. In 2012, he obtained his Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) certification. In 2013, he screened for Financial Management SCP Commanding Officer.
Carey amassed over 3,100 hours of flight time in six different naval aircraft. His personal decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (four awards), as well as various service and campaign awards.
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YIELD: Makes 6 servings
ACTIVE TIME: 20 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 4 1/2 hours
1 In a blender, puree the first 8 ingredients until they form a paste.
2 In a large bowl, toss your protein with the marinade. Chill for at least 4 hours or overnight.
3 When ready to cook, heat the grill and shake any excess marinade from the protein. Grill 9 minutes for chops, 6 to 8 minutes a side on a covered grill for chicken, or 4 minutes a side for shrimp. Serve.


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Asus Transformer Book T300LA-C4002H
SpecificationsNotebook: Asus Transformer Book T300LA-C4002H (Transformer Book Series)
Processor: Intel Core i3 4010U
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 4400
Display: 13.3 inch, 16:9, 1920x1080 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 2kg
Price: 800 euro
Average of 3 scores (from 3 reviews)
Reviews for the Asus Transformer Book T300LA-C4002H
Source: Digital Versus
The Asus Transformer Book T300 is the best laptop/tablet hybrid we've reviewed to date! Whether in tablet or laptop mode, it met all of our expectations (with the exception, naturally, of gaming), and has an ace screen and long-lasting battery to boot. Our only real complaint is the skimpy connectivity.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/24/2014
Rating: Total score: 80%
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Intel HD Graphics 4400:
ULV integrated GPU (GT2) with 20 EUs found on certain Haswell CPU models.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Haswell-based ULV dual-core processor clocked at 1.7 GHz with no Turbo Boost support. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 4400 and a dual-channel DDR3 memory controller.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
13.3": This is a common display format for subnotebooks. Netbooks, UMPC and some subnotebooks have tinier displays. Nevertheless, the majority of standard laptops has a higher format. The advantage of a small display is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes, especially with high resolutions.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2 kg: These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 12 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
Asus: ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated, a Taiwanese multinational company, produces motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, PDAs, computer monitors, notebook computers, servers, networking products, mobile phones, computer cases, computer components, and computer cooling systems. The company's 2007 revenues reached US$6.9 billion. ASUS also produces components for other manufacturers. The Eee PC initiated the netbook boom in 2008.
66.67%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.