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Douglas L Mahlum

Yoshihide Iwata

Fred Jay Reuter

Basavaraj I Pawate

Matthew A Woolsey

Judd E Heape

Ajit P Paranjpe

Francis Gabriel Celii

Walter Marvin Duncan

Steven A Henck

Larry A Taylor

A computer system includes a main processing unit ( ) coupled to a DSP/memory module ( ). The DSP/memory module ( ) includes semiconductor memory ( ) and digital signal processor circuitry ( ) including one or more digital signal processors ( ). The DSP/memory module ( ) may be placed in standard main memory sockets, such as a SIMM or DIMM sockets, and used as conventional main memory. The memory module can also be used in a smart mode, wherein the digital signal processor ( ) performs operations on data for retrieval by the main processing unit ( ).

System signalling schemes for processor & memory module

A computer system includes a main processing unit (,) coupled to a DSP/memory module (,). The DSP/memory module (,) includes semiconductor memory (,) and digital signal processor circuitry (,) including one or more digital signal processors (,). The DSP/memory module (,) may be placed in standard main memory sockets, such as a SIMM or DIMM sockets, and used as conventional main memory. The memory module can also be used in a smart mode, wherein the digital signal processor (,) performs operations on data for retrieval by the main processing unit (,).

System signaling schemes for processor and memory module

A direct, noncontact temperature sensor includes an ellipsometer (104-106) to determine absorptance for layered structures and a pyrometer (102) to determine emissive power and combines the two measurements to determine temperature.

Temperature sensor and method

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Douglas L Mahlum