Vmware, Inc.

Integrated Device Technology, Inc.

Infogation Corporation

Oracle International Corporation

Hui Henry Li

Daniel James Beveridge

Gabriel Tarasuk-Levin

Jayanth Gummaraju

Kent Qing Pu

Qing Kent Pu

Oswald Chen

Mukund Gunti

Banit Agrawal

Blake Ryan Watts

Li Zheng

Per Olov Larsson

Stephen E Aycock

Michael Toback

Luong Duong

Teck-Chuan Ng

Zhengxun Wu

Yuedong Mu

Naveen Krishna Yanduru

Vikas Singh

Samuelson Rehman

John C Hsu

Victor Korol

Roberto Aparicio Joo

Anit Chakraborty

Frank Stephen Taylor

Naga Ullas Vankayala Harinathagupta

Robert Frederick Deuel

Ashish K Hanwadikar

Hong Li

Arun Rajan

Jonathan Prince Limhengco

Jaykrishna Babu

Shiqi Charlie Sun

Keshavan Subramanian

George Joby

Sunil S Ranka

Veena Bhandarkar

Indranil Goswami

Robert M Sego

Teck Chuan Ng

Xiaohong Zheng

Michael Spradlin

Changxi Xu

A method of updating a desired state of a virtualization software for a cluster of hosts includes: in response to a notification of a change associated with the cluster, determining versions of a base image of the virtualization software that are compatible with the cluster; for each compatible version of the base image, determining versions of an add-on image of the virtualization software that are compatible with the compatible version of the base image and the cluster; presenting as a recommended image a complete image of the virtualization software, the complete image containing a first version of the base image that is compatible with the cluster and a first version of the add-on image that is compatible with the first version of the base image and the cluster; and upon acceptance of the recommended image, updating a software specification to include the recommended image.

Automatic self-adjusting software image recommendation

A method of processing requests from users of a computer system having software and hardware components, wherein each request includes a description of an software or hardware issue, includes: upon receiving a first request, performing content matching using a first instance of the data model to determine if the issue described in the first request has been previously encountered; executing a machine learning algorithm against a new data set to update a second instance of the data model; after the second instance of the data model has been updated, switching the data model used for performing content matching from the first to the second instance of the data model; and upon receiving a second request after the switch, performing content matching using the second instance of the data model to determine if the issue described in the second request has been previously encountered.

Machine learning-powered resolution resource service for HCI systems

A recommendation engine evaluates different combinations of available versions of different software images that make up a virtualization software to be installed in a host computer, and recommends one or more of the valid combinations for installation or upgrade. Upon acceptance of the recommended image, a software specification that expresses the desired state of the virtualization software is updated to include versions of the different software images that are in the recommended valid combination.

System and method for generating and recommending desired state of virtualization software

A computer-implemented method and computer system for managing a group of storage devices in a storage system utilizes actual wear levels of the storage devices within the group of storage devices to sort the storage devices in an order. One of the storage devices is then selected as a target storage device based on wear level gaps between adjacent sorted storage devices using a target storage device wearing profile so that write operations from software processes are directed exclusively to the target storage device for a predefined period of time to control wear on the group of storage devices.

System and method for managing a group of storage devices using their wear levels and a target wearing profile

An apparatus comprises an input port, an output port, and a resonant receive switch circuit. The resonant receive switch circuit may be coupled between the input port and the output port. The resonant receive switch circuit may comprise a first switch, a second switch, and an input matching circuit. When the first and the second switches are in a non-conducting state, a signal at the input port is passed to the output port. When the first and the second switches are in a conducting state, the signal at the input port is prevented from reaching the output port.

Transceiver resonant receive switch

An apparatus includes a first circuit, a second circuit and a third circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a first code by counting a number of cycles of an input clock signal during a period. The period may be determined by an output clock signal and a second code. The second circuit may be configured to generate a third code by a delta-sigma modulation of the first code. The third circuit may be configured to generate the output clock signal in response to the third code. An accuracy of a frequency of the output clock signal may be determined by a current value of the second code.

Frequency synthesizer with tunable accuracy

In a computer-implemented method for validating interoperability of installed components of a computer system, site data identifying the installed components of the computer system and a version of each of the installed components is received, component dependency data identifying at least one component of the installed components requiring installation of another component of the installed components is received and component interoperability data identifying versions of a component of the installed components that are interoperable with versions of another component of the installed components is received. A version dependency compatibility acyclic graph is generated based at least on the installed components, the component dependency data and component interoperability data. It is determined whether the installed components are interoperable based on the version dependency compatibility acyclic graph.

Validating interoperability of installed components of a computer system

In a computer-implemented method for performing an upgrade analysis of a computer system, a version dependency compatibility acyclic graph defining component dependency and component version interoperability for a plurality of installed components of the computer system is accessed. Upgradable components of the installed components are determined based on the version dependency compatibility acyclic graph. An upgrade analysis request for an upgradable component of the plurality of installed components is received. Installed components of the plurality of installed components that are impacted by an upgrade of the upgradable component are determined based on the version dependency compatibility acyclic graph.

Upgrade analysis of a computer system

Embodiments provision and customize virtual machines (VMs), such as desktop VMs, without rebooting the desktop VMs. In response to a request to provision the VMs, a computing device creates a clone VM from a parent VM template identified in the request. One or more customization that prompt rebooting of the clone VM are applied to the clone VM. The computing device instantiates a plurality of child VMs from the customized clone VM. A child VM configuration is applied to at least one of the instantiated child VMs without provoking a reboot of those child VMs.

Provisioning customized virtual machines without rebooting

An apparatus includes a first circuit, a second circuit and a third circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a first code by counting a number of cycles of an input clock signal in a period determined by (i) an output clock signal and (ii) a second code. The second code may be variable. The second circuit may be configured to generate a third code by a delta-sigma modulation of the first code. The third circuit may be configured to generate the output clock signal (i) in response to the third code and (ii) within an accuracy determined the second code.

Examples described herein enable memory state sharing among a plurality of virtual machines (VM) including a parent VM and a child VM. A request for memory state sharing between the parent VM and the child VM is received, and the parent VM is suspended. The child VM resumes execution of one or more suspended applications. In one example, the child FM is forked with pre-loaded, suspended applications from the parent VM. Aspects of the disclosure offer a high performance, resource efficient solution that outperforms traditional approaches in areas of software compatibility, stability, quality of service control, re-source utilization, and more.

Application publishing using memory state sharing

Techniques for handling inheritance of disk state when forking virtual machines (VMs) are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system can receive a request to fork a child VM from a parent VM. In response, the computer system can take a disk snapshot of the parent VM, where the disk snapshot results in a child disk for the child VM, where the child disk is a delta disk that points to a parent disk of the parent VM, and where the parent disk serves as the parent VM's current running point. The computer system can then determine whether the parent disk is a delta disk. If so, the computer system can copy the content of the parent disk to the child disk, traverse a disk hierarchy associated with the parent disk to identify a base disk above the parent disk in the hierarchy, and cause the child disk to point directly to the base disk.

Handling disk state inheritance for forked virtual machines

A timing device that includes an OTP NVM, a first periodic signal generator operable to generate a periodic signal having a first frequency, a second periodic signal generator operable to generate a periodic signal having a frequency that is lower than the first frequency, and selection logic. In a first operating mode, the selection logic is configured to output the first periodic signal at an output terminal as long as a crystal clock feedback signal is received at the input terminal and output the second periodic signal when the crystal clock feedback signal is not received at the input terminal. In a second operating mode, the selection logic is configured to output the first periodic signal as long as a output enable signal is received at the input terminal and not provide any output at the output terminal when the output enable signal is not received at the input terminal.

Timing device having multi-purpose pin with proactive function

A client navigation system establishes a wireless connection to a navigation server on a computer network. The client requests a route by uploading start and destination specifications. The server calculates an optimal route based on real-time data available on the network. A generic natural language description is used to specify the optimal route downloaded to the client. The natural language description is a plain text description for each link using pre-defined generic terms. The client interprets the route, interfaces with the local mapping data and reconstructs the optimal route. The route is subsequently displayed and highlighted on the client.

Mobile navigation system operating with a remote server

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Hui Henry Li