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US20080191716 On-Chip Real-Time Moisture Sensor For and Method of Detecting Moisture Ingress in an Integrated Circuit Chip  
On-chip real-time moisture detection circuitry for monitoring ingress of moisture into an integrated circuit chip during the operational lifetime of the chip. The moisture detection circuitry...
US20080191322 PREVENTION OF BACKSIDE CRACKS IN SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS OR WAFERS USING BACKSIDE FILM OR BACKSIDE WET ETCH  
A method of preventing the formation of cracks on the backside of a silicon (Si) semiconductor chip or wafer during the processing thereof. Also provided is a method for inhibiting the propagation...
US20080191317 SELF-ALIGNED EPITAXIAL GROWTH OF SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRES  
Disclosed herein is a method of forming a nanostructure having nanowires by forming a mask with at least one opening on a surface of a substrate, to expose a portion of the surface of the...
US20080191292 METAL GATES WITH LOW CHARGE TRAPPING AND ENHANCED DIELECTRIC RELIABILITY CHARACTERISTICS FOR HIGH-k GATE DIELECTRIC STACKS  
A multilayered gate stack having improved reliability (i.e., low charge trapping and gate leakage degradation) is provided. The inventive multilayered gate stack includes, from bottom to top, a...
US20080191284 METHOD FOR IMPROVED FABRICATION OF A SEMICONDUCTOR USING A STRESS PROXIMITY TECHNIQUE PROCESS  
An improved method for applying stress proximity technique process on a semiconductor device and the improved device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method utilizes an additional set of...
US20080191281 STRESSED SOI FET HAVING TENSILE AND COMPRESSIVE DEVICE REGIONS  
A method is provided for fabricating a field effect transistor (“FET”) having a channel region in a semiconductor-on-insulator (“SOI”) layer of an SOI substrate. Desirably, in such method,...
US20080191243 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE STRUCTURE  
Disclosed are embodiments of an n-FET structure with silicon carbon S/D regions completely contained inside amorphization regions and with a carbon-free gate electrode. Containing carbon within the...
US20080191187 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PHASE CHANGE MEMORY DEVICE WITH PILLAR BOTTOM ELECTRODE  
A method for manufacturing a mushroom-cell type phase change memory is based upon manufacturing a pillar of bottom electrode material upon a substrate including an array of conductive contacts in...
US20080190604 System and Method for Coordinated Monitoring and Control of Multiple Oil Well Pump Systems  
A pump monitoring and control system includes a plurality of pumps associated with a well, each of the plurality of pumps including one or more sensors associated therewith, and one or more...
US20080190590 PNEUMATICALLY COOLED ENCLOSED FINNED HEAT SINKS  
A heat sink including one or more vented pipes for directing air through a plurality of enclosed chambers formed by a plurality of fins in an enclosed structure having at least a first side and a...
US20080190566 APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING UNIAXIAL LOAD DISTRIBUTION FOR LAMINATE LAYERS OF MULTILAYER CERAMIC CHIP CARRIERS  
An apparatus for providing uniform axial load distribution for laminate layers of multilayer ceramic chip carriers includes a base plate configured to support a plurality of green sheet layers...
US20080190565 APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING UNIAXIAL LOAD DISTRIBUTION FOR LAMINATE LAYERS OF MULTILAYER CERAMIC CHIP CARRIERS  
An apparatus for providing uniform axial load distribution for laminate layers of multilayer ceramic chip carriers includes a base plate configured to support a plurality of green sheet layers...
US20080190545 METHOD FOR PROVIDING UNIAXIAL LOAD DISTRIBUTION FOR LAMINATE LAYERS OF MULTILAYER CERAMIC CHIP CARRIERS  
An apparatus for providing uniform axial load distribution for laminate layers of multilayer ceramic chip carriers includes a base plate configured to support a plurality of green sheet layers...
US20080189787 Method and Apparatus for the Automatic Determination of Potentially Worm-Like Behavior of a Program  
A method and system for the automatic determination of the behavioral profile of a program suspected of having worm-like characteristics includes analyzing data processing system resources required...
US20080189785 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORAGE-BASED INSTRUSION DETECTION AND RECOVERY  
A method (and system) for detecting intrusions to stored data includes creating a point-time-copy of a logical unit, and comparing at least a portion of the point-time-copy with a previous copy of...
US20080189771 SYSTEM AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR BIDIRECTIONAL DATA TRANSFER  
Provided are a system and article of manufacture for bidirectional data transfer. In certain embodiments a link layer login is sent from a first port to a second port. Subsequently, an application...
US20080189761 EXTENDING THE SPARCLE PRIVACY POLICY WORKBENCH METHODS TO OTHER POLICY DOMAINS  
A method and system enable a user to develop domain-specific policy workbench. Domains may include, but are not limited to security, autonomic computing, workload management and systems management....
US20080189758 Providing Security for Queries to Electronic Product Code Information Services  
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for protecting data residing in a repository of an electronic product code information service against...
US20080189723 RAID Array Data Member Copy Offload in High Density Packaging  
A computer-implemented method replaces a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) array member storage device configured in high density packaging. The high density packaging includes a...
US20080189717 SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR DETERMINING DEPENDENCIES BETWEEN LOGICAL COMPONENTS IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM OR NETWORK  
Described are methods, apparatus and computer programs for determining run-time dependencies between logical components of a data processing environment. Components of the data processing...
US20080189715 CONTROLLING RESOURCE TRANSFERS IN A LOGICALLY PARTITIONED COMPUTER SYSTEM  
A resource and partition manager of the preferred embodiments includes a lock mechanism that operates on a plurality of locks that control access to individual I/O slots. The resource and partition...
US20080189714 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR MANAGING COMPUTER PROCESSING FUNCTIONS  
Exemplary embodiments include a system and storage medium for managing computer processing functions in a multi-processor computer environment. The system includes a physical processor, a standard...
US20080189713 System and Method for Performing Systems Management on IT-Resources Using Web Services  
The present invention relates to the field of systems management on IT-resources using web services. An improved method proposes a single web service implementation which dynamically and...
US20080189712 MONITORING PERFORMANCE ON WORKLOAD SCHEDULING SYSTEMS  
The present invention relates to the field of enterprise network computing. In particular, it relates to a method and respective system for monitoring workload of a workload scheduler. Information...
US20080189711 Method and System to Alleviate Denial-of-Service Conditions on a Server  
A method is presented for processing data in a multithreaded application to alleviate impaired or substandard performance conditions. Work items that are pending processing by the multithreaded...
US20080189710 Method and System for Optimizing File Table Usage  
An operating system directed to using special properties of a common inter-process communications mechanism (IPC), namely UNIX domain socket-pairs or stream-pipes alternatively as a storage medium...
US20080189696 AUTOMATIC CUSTOMIZATION OF CLASSES  
A method and computer readable medium for automatic replacement of object classes in a library with custom classes to improve program efficiency. The method begins with static analysis preformed on...
US20080189694 Transparent Recovery of Self-Sustained Code-Upgrade  
A defective self-sustained code-upgrade code is recovered. A relevant unset variable is set to avoid an un-initialized command failure. A relevant set variable is unset to render a second...
US20080189691 Method and Apparatus for Referencing a Constant Pool in a Java Virtual Machine  
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for referencing a constant pool. A determination is made as to whether a bytecode references the constant pool. A relative offset to the constant pool...
US20080189690 METHOD FOR PERSISTING OR TRANSFERRING AN XCODES EXECUTION PLAN IN A SELF-CONTAINED, PLATFORM INDEPENDENT FORMAT  
A method for constructing and executing an XCodes execution plan stored in a self-contained, platform-independent format, the method comprising: providing a plurality of Extensible Markup Language...
US20080189688 Obtaining Profile Data for Use in Optimizing Computer Programming Code  
Program execution profile data is collected by direct measurement of some code paths, and by inferring data for unmeasured paths. The data collection process may cause errors, which are propagated...
US20080189687 Method and Apparatus for Maintaining Performance Monitoring Structures in a Page Table for Use in Monitoring Performance of a Computer Program  
A method and apparatus in a data processing system for measuring events associated with the execution of instructions are provided. Instructions are received at a processor in the data processing...
US20080189681 Private Source Code Commenting  
A method, computer program product, and data processing system for exchanging information regarding software source code among a team of developers is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment of the...
US20080189676 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS FOR MODEL THAT REQUIRES SECURITY  
A software development apparatus for developing application software based on an object model that requires security in a web service application is provided. The software development apparatus...
US20080189675 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TOOLING INSTRUCTIONS THROUGH PARAMETERIZATION AS AN AID FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT  
An invention is disclosed for a programming method and system of implementing parameterization of data types and/or categories to convert an example “instance” of using a software application...
US20080189664 TEST YIELD ESTIMATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS CREATED FROM A LIBRARY  
Disclosed is a method that predicts test yield for a semiconductor product, prior to design layout. This is accomplished by applying a critical area analysis to individual library elements that are...
US20080189663 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN UTILIZING ARRAY OF FUNCTIONALLY INTERCHANGEABLE DYNAMIC LOGIC CELLS  
A method utilizes an array of functionally interchangeable dynamic logic cells to implement an application specific logic function in an integrated circuit design. Each functionally interchangeable...
US20080189633 System and Method For Processing Multi-Modal Communication Within A Workgroup  
There is disclosed a system and method for processing multi-modal collaboration. In an embodiment communication received from multiple modes are converted into a common format. Using various...
US20080189623 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING COMMUNICATION WITH INSTANT MESSENGER/CHAT COMPUTER SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS  
An invention is disclosed for providing instant messaging (IM)/chat computer software applications with an automatic secondary “pop-up window” feature that is optionally enabled by a...
US20080189616 METHOD TO MANAGE SPEAKER NOTES IN A COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SLIDE SHOW  
A method for managing speaker notes in a slide presentation is disclosed. A method for creating a plurality of speaker notes files to be used in support of a slide presentation includes: creating a...
US20080189597 CYCLICAL AND SYNCHRONIZED MULTI-SOURCE SPREADSHEET IMPORTS AND EXPORTS  
A system, method and program product for synchronizing spreadsheet data. A system is provided having: a scheduling system for scheduling a first import time, a second import time, a first export...
US20080189583 APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPLEMENTING DETERMINISTIC BASED BROKEN SCAN CHAIN DIAGNOSTICS  
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for implementing deterministic based broken scan chain diagnostics. A deterministic test pattern is generated and is loaded into each...
US20080189577 Isolation of Input/Output Adapter Error Domains  
Method, apparatus and system for isolating input/output adapter error domains in a data processing system. Errors occurring in one input/output adapter are isolated from other input/output adapters...
US20080189572 APPLICATION TRANSPARENT AUTONOMIC AVAILABILITY ON A STORAGE AREA NETWORK AWARE FILE SYSTEM  
Techniques are provided for locating data. Mapping information for blocks associated with a file is provided. It is determined that a copy service has copied source blocks to target blocks. It is...
US20080189544 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREFERRED BUSINESS PARTNER ACCESS IN PUBLIC WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (LANS)  
A method (and system) of providing preferred access to a service includes linking an authorization server of a service provider with a certification scheme provided by a business enterprise.
US20080189530 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HARDWARE BASED PROGRAM FLOW MONITOR FOR EMBEDDED SOFTWARE  
A method for malware detection, wherein the method includes: utilizing a hardware based program flow monitor (PFM) for embedded software that employs a static analysis of program code; marrying the...
US20080189529 CONTROLLING INSTRUCTION EXECUTION IN A PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT  
Instruction execution is controlled by a single test that determines whether processing should continue in mainline processing or fall through to a test set. The single test compares a dynamically...
US20080189527 EMPLOYING A BUFFER TO FACILITATE INSTRUCTION EXECUTION  
Instruction execution is facilitated by employing a buffer to handle instructions having special circumstances. When such an instruction is to be executed, a pointer of the instruction is directed...
US20080189521 Speculative Instruction Issue in a Simultaneously Multithreaded Processor  
A method for optimizing throughput in a microprocessor that is capable of processing multiple threads of instructions simultaneously. Instruction issue logic is provided between the input buffers...
US20080189509 Data Processing System and Computer Program Product to Allow PCI Host Bridge (PHB) to Handle Pre-Fetch Read Transactions on the PCI Bus Which Access System Memory Through Translation Control Entry (TCE) Table  
A method, system, and computer instructions for providing valid translation entries in the TCE table for all supported DMA addresses to prevent the occurrence of system errors due to prefetching....