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This project aggregates, adapts and leverages the optimum technology for each function in a heterogeneously integrated power stage (HIPS) for package-integrated voltage regulators (PIVRs):Gallium arsenide (GaAs) die - monolithically integrate multiple lateral field effect transistors (FETs) using a high-volume foundry. Sardas technology reduces the GaAs cost by >80% by reducing the die size and en ...

Representing networks and complex associations of all types, graphs are a critically important data structure within the Department of Defense.Applying graph analytics and mining to large quantities of graph data enables conducting operations, gathering intelligence, and defending the nations critical capabilities.Existing capabilities for graph mining are limited to modest data scales, batch proc ...

We propose creating a new company to deliver accelerated graph-based analytics for modern manycore systems. The work combines advanced multithreading and work-moving typical of HPC but targeted at cloud environments with insight into the structure of the graph to improve spatial locality and an attribute-first query system to dramatically reduce the work required to solve practical graph problems ...

Existing high-channel-count interfaces used to capture neural information from and to stimulate neural activity in tissues rely on transcutaneous connections to convey both information and power. These transcutaneous connections introduce a number of significant problems: limit patient comfort/mobility, increase infection risk, and significantly reduce the long-term system reliability. In this Pha ...

Currently, there are over 10,000 MRI scanners used in the US alone. US citizens today are mobile and many times medical treatments may require MRI scans from several different facilities. Images from MRI scanners can also drift over time. There is a tremendous need for all medical imaging scanners to be on the same level. Sigma-K will develop the commercialization of the ISMRM/NIST MRI Calibration ...

MCNC PROPOSES A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND EVALUATION OF THREE PROMISING APPROACHES TO THE FABRICATION OF SURFACE TEST STRUCTURES ON SILICON. SURFACE FEATURES ON THE FIRST STRUCTURE WILL BE PRODUCED BY CONTROLLABLY ETCHING THERMALLYGROWN OXIDES. FEATURES ON THE SECOND WILL BE MADE BY ETCHING PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILMS. USING THE PIEZOELECTRIC FILM AS PART OF A CAPACITOR, STEP-HEIGHT CAN BE VARIED AND PRO ...

A TECHNIQUE FOR OBTAINING TRUSTWORTHY COMPILATION BASED ON A COMPILATION CHECKER (SIMILAR TO A PROOF CHECKER) IS PROPOSED. THE TRANSFORMATIONS USED IN A COMPILER WILL BE FORMALLY SPECIFIED AND VERIFIED USING INTERPRETER EQUIVALENCE METHODS. THE COMPILER WILL BE INSTRUMENTED TO PRODUCE A TRACE OF THE TRANSFORMATIONS APPLIED IN THE COMPILATION OF A GIVEN PROGRAM. THE COMPILATION CHECKER WILL VALIDAT ...

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INADEQUATE STARTER FEEDS SEVERELY HOLD BACK NEW AQUACULTURE ENTERPRISES SUCH AS PRESENT ATTEMPTS TO RAISE FISHES WHOSE LARVAE DEVELOP FROM SMALL EGGS AND HAVE VERY "DIFFICULT" FOOD REQUIREMENTS. INERT LARVAL FEEDS HAVE NOT SUCCESSFULLYELIMINATED THE STRICT DEPENDENCY ON NATURAL FORAGE DURING THE CRITICAL POST-LARVAL STAGE AFTER YOLK ABSORPTION AND BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WITH ...