Mediatek Corporation

United Microelectronics Corp.

United Semiconductor Corp.

Kingston Digital, Inc.

Chih-Hsiang Hsiao

Chi-Hsuan Lin

Po-Yu Chen

Pei-Lun Suei

Yun-Ching Li

Tsung-Yu Chiou

Chung-Jen Kuo

Chih-Pin Su

Yu-Chi Chu

Chia-Feng Hsu

Water Lur

Juan-Yuan Wu

Kuo-Tai Huang

Heng-Sheng Huang

Wei-Ting Wang

Li-Chun Tu

Shih-Ying Hsu

Jih-Ming Hsu

Yi-Ching Wu

Yu-Cheng Hsieh

Hua Wu

Chih-Ching Hsu

Chih-Yung Lin

Yingshiuan Pan

Kevin Hsieh

Chieh-Lin Chuang

Ming-Hsin Yeh

Cheng-Chuan Lee

Chin-Ching Hsu

Chao-Yen Chen

Cheng-En Yu

Chao-Kun Lee

Yuchi Chu

Shih-Yong Su

Yen-Yu Lu

A device can include a remote protocol communication (RPC) slot configured to receive a message package generated from an entity during an RPC process, a processing unit configured to process the message package and return a result via the RPC slot to the entity, a blocker configured to be enabled to block or disabled to allow communication between the RPC slot and the processing unit, a key slot corresponding to the RPC slot and configured to receive a key from the entity, a key pool configured to store key slot and key pairs, and a verifier configured to disable the blocker when the key matches a key contained in one of the key slot and key pairs that contains the key slot and enable the blocker when the key does not match the key contained in any one of the key slot and key pairs that contains the key slot.

Hardware-assisted client authentication for security enhancement of virtual device

A power management system includes at least one device, at least one memory management unit (MMU), a processor, and at least one device controller, wherein the at least one MMU corresponds to the at least one device, respectively. The processor is arranged to execute at least one access control power manager, an operating system (OS), and a hypervisor, wherein the OS is arranged to generate a trigger signal, and the hypervisor is arranged to generate a first hint according to the trigger signal. The at least one device controller is arranged to control the at least one access control power manager according to the first hint, to manage at least one power of the at least one MMU.

Power management system of input-output memory management unit and associated method

A system for application (APP) protection includes a processor. The processor is arranged to execute a guest virtual machine (VM), at least one primary VM, a hypervisor, and a host VM, wherein at least one APP protection with at least one identification (ID) of the at least one APP running on the guest VM is downloaded to the guest VM. The hypervisor includes an install service module and a launcher module. The host VM is arranged to: receive at least one install command from the guest VM, and generate an install service command to the install service module; verify the at least one APP protection by the at least one ID and generate at least one verification result; obtain the at least one ID from the at least one primary VM according to the at least one verification result; and generate a launch command to the launcher module.

System for application protection and non-transitory machine-readable medium for storing program code that provides application protection when executed

A control system includes multiple device controllers and a device root. Each of the multiple device controllers corresponds to at least one processing unit, and is arranged to receive a hint from an application processor (AP), and generate a control signal for managing the at least one processing unit according to the hint. The device root is coupled to the multiple device controllers and includes a manager, wherein the manager is arranged to manage multiple processing units corresponding to the multiple device controllers according to multiple control signals corresponding to the multiple device controllers.

Control system using device controllers and device root to manage processing units and associated control method

A system for model protection includes a processor. The processor is arranged to execute a guest virtual machine (VM), a primary VM, and a hypervisor. The guest VM includes a model, and is arranged to send at least one command to a command hub. The primary VM is arranged to refer to the at least one command sent from the command hub to manage and configure a protection setting for a protected model derived from the model. The hypervisor is arranged to receive a safety setting command sent by the primary VM, and manage and configure the safety protection component according to the safety setting command, to set a read-only mode of the protected model.

Model protection system

Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for executing a program, e.g., a neural network (NN) inference. For example, the apparatus can include an executor and a dynamic loading agent. The executor can be coupled to a second memory, and be configured to execute a portion of the NN inference loaded on the second memory from a first memory that stores the NN inference, and to generate a signal based on a progress of the execution of the NN inference. The dynamic loading agent can be coupled to the executor, the first memory and the second memory, and be configured to load a next portion of the NN inference stored in the first memory to the second memory and to manage power supplied to the first memory based on the signal from the executor and an inference executing scheme stored in the second memory.

Dynamic loading neural network inference at DRAM/on-bus SRAM/serial flash for power optimization

In an automatic test system, a test computer of a kind of test equipment communicates with a loading-and-unloading computer of a kind of loading-and-unloading equipment. The loading-and-unloading equipment automatically loads a plurality of target devices on a plurality of test carriers according to the state of the test equipment, and the test equipment automatically tests the target devices loaded on the test carriers according to the state of the loading-and-unloading equipment. In addition, after the test is completed, the loading-and-unloading equipment automatically unloads the tested target devices from the test carriers, and automatically sorts the tested target devices according to the test results generated by the test equipment.

Automatic test system and automatic test method for integrated-circuit devices

A system includes a memory addressable by addresses within a physical address (PA) space, and one or more processors that perform operations of virtual machines (VMs). The VMs are allocated with extended PA regions outside the PA space. The system further includes a memory interface controller coupled to the memory and the one or more processors. The memory interface controller receives a request for accessing an address in the extended PA regions from a requesting VM, and uses a remap circuit to map the address in the extended PA regions to a remapped address in the PA space. A memory protection unit (MPU) in the memory interface controller grants or denies the request based on stored information indicating whether the remapped address is accessible to the requesting VM.

Memory protection for virtual machines

Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus for executing a program that involves a plurality of operators. For example, the apparatus can include an executor and an analyzer. The executor can be configured to execute the program with at least a first one of the operators loaded on a second memory from a first memory that stores the operators and to generate a signal based on a progress of the execution of the program with the first operator. The analyzer can be coupled to the executor, the first memory and the second memory, and configured to load at least a second one of the operators of the program next to the first operator stored in the first memory to the second memory before the executor finishes execution of the program with the first operator based on the signal from the executor and an executing scheme stored in the second memory.

Dynamic agent for multiple operators optimization

The present invention provides a microcontroller, wherein the microcontroller includes a processor, a first memory and a cache controller. The first memory includes at least a working space. The cache controller is coupled to the first memory, and is arranged for managing the working space of the first memory, and dynamically loading at least one object from a second memory to the working space of the first memory in an object-oriented manner.

Cache management method using object-oriented manner and associated microcontroller

A portable device is provided. The portable device includes: a display; a controller, a processor, a housing, and a touch rim. The controller and the processor are installed inside the housing. The touch rim is configured to detect a gesture performed on the touch rim to generate at least one touch detection signal. The controller is configured to receive at least one detection signal from the touch rim, and to transmit the touch detection signal to the processor. The processor analyzes the touch detection signal to determine the gesture performed on the touch rim, and performs an operation associated with the gesture.

Touch rim control method and associated device

A microcontroller includes a processor, a memory, a working space management unit and a memory monitor. The memory has at least a working space, wherein the working space includes a plurality of blocks . The working space management unit is implemented by software, and is arranged for managing the working space of the first memory. The memory monitor is implemented by hardware circuit, and is arranged for monitoring the blocks, and recording monitoring results corresponding to the blocks of the first memory, wherein the recorded monitoring results comprise information about whether data of the blocks is modified or not.

Method for managing memory and associated microcontroller

A controller and a memory-access method for use in the controller are provided. The controller includes a sensor-processing system, and the sensor-processing system includes a memory, and a buffer, wherein the controller is coupled to an external memory and a sensor. The method includes the steps of: gathering the sensor data from the sensor and writing the gathered sensor data into the memory; writing information associated with the sensor data into the buffer; determining whether a fill level of the buffer has reached a predetermined threshold; and retrieving the sensor data from the memory and writing the retrieved sensor data to the external memory according to the information associated with the stored sensor data in the buffer when it is determined that the fill level has reached the predetermined threshold.

Memory-access method using batch command queue and associated controller

A dynamic data distribution method in a private network and an associated electronic device are provided. The private network includes: a first pairing connection between a first electronic device, a second electronic device, and a second pairing connection between the first electronic device and a third electronic device. The method includes the steps of: receiving sensor data from the second electronic device by the first electronic device; notifying the second electronic device to build a third pairing connection with the third electronic device according to a determination result between the first electronic device and the third electronic device; and terminating the first pairing connection and retrieving the sensor data from the second electronic device through the third electronic device by the first electronic device when the third pairing connection has been built.

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Taipei, Taiwan

Chih-Hsiang Hsiao