processor Restore incentive for cashew exports: Tamil Nadu Cashew Processors and Exporters Association By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 13:44:28 +0530 The association also urged APEDA to exempt imported raw cashew nuts from Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) clearance in customs. Full Article Tamil Nadu
processor Asus launches new range of devices powered by 11th Gen Intel Core processors By www.thehindubusinessline.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 13:40:13 +0530 Zenbook 14 (UX425) is priced at ₹82,990; VivoBook Ultra K15 (K513) at ₹42,990; VivoBook Ultra 15 (X513) at ₹43,990; VivoBook Ultra 14 (X413) at ₹59,990 Full Article Info-tech
processor Intel announces 11th Gen Intel Core S-series desktop processors By www.thehindubusinessline.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 13:16:33 +0530 Full Article Computers & Laptops
processor IIT Madras partners with SilTerra Malaysia for silicon photonic processor chips By www.thehindubusinessline.com Published On :: Fri, 24 May 2024 12:46:13 +0530 These chips will be utilised for quantum computing and high-speed secured communication systems Full Article Info-tech
processor Made and Created in China: Super Processors and Two-way Heterogeneity [electronic journal]. By encore.st-andrews.ac.uk Published On :: Full Article
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processor Xiaomi announces Redmi A4 5G powered by Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 processor at IMC 2024 By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:06:12 +0530 Xiaomi India President Muralikrishnan B said that the new Redmi A4 5G will be priced under ₹10,000 and will be launched commercially later this year Full Article Gadgets
processor Infinix launches Inbook AirPro+ with 13th Gen Intel Core i5 processor and Copilot button By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:41:52 +0530 The Infinix Inbook AirPro+ comes with 16 GB RAM and a 512 GB PCIe Gen 3 SSD Full Article Gadgets
processor AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D desktop processor launched with focus on faster gaming By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 11:34:14 +0530 AMD has launched the Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor as part of the Ryzen 9000 series, promising a faster gaming experience Full Article Technology
processor Realme Narzo 10 confirmed to feature MediaTek Helio G80 gaming processor – Hindustan Times By rss-newsfeed.india-meets-classic.net Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 05:40:48 +0000 Realme Narzo 10 confirmed to feature MediaTek Helio G80 gaming processor Hindustan TimesRealme Narzo 10 officially confirmed to pack Helio G80 SoC - GSMArena.com news GSMArena.comRealme Narzo 10, Realme Narzo 10A Launch on May 11:... Full Article IMC News Feed
processor Hashtag Trending – Meet for free; Raspberry Pi’s new camera; Intel’s new processors By www.itbusiness.ca Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 14:35:23 +0000 Google makes Meet video conferencing app free for everyone, Raspberry Pi gets a new high-definition camera attachment, Intel’s new consumer processors have up to 10 cores! With Zoom being the flavour of the month, Google is feeling a bit left out. Therefore, to challenge Zoom’s popularity, Google has made its Google Meet, its own robust… Full Article Executive Operations Technology hashtag trending podcasts
processor Realme Narzo 10 confirmed to feature MediaTek Helio G80 gaming processor - Hindustan Times By news.google.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 05:40:48 GMT Realme Narzo 10 confirmed to feature MediaTek Helio G80 gaming processor Hindustan TimesRealme Narzo 10 officially confirmed to pack Helio G80 SoC - GSMArena.com news GSMArena.comRealme Narzo launch tomorrow: Details about new Redmi-competitor LivemintRealme Narzo 10, Realme Narzo 10A Launch on May 11: Livestream, Specifications, and More Gadgets 360View Full coverage on Google News Full Article
processor Why is svchost.exe always such a processor hungry item By www.bleepingcomputer.com Published On :: 2014-11-10T13:19:04-05:00 Full Article
processor WBD101 SmartBody Processors with ActivHearts readies its Reference Design with Dual Mode Bluetooth Chipset from AppoTech Now By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Jan 2018 07:00:00 GMT AppoTech announces dual mode Bluetooth chipset CW6691P now supports world's smallest heart rate sensing solution (ActivHearts) from WBD101 for the hearable market Full Article
processor Skytech Creations Launches World's First White Label Heart Rate Sensing Sports Hearable with QCC3003 Bluetooth 5 Chipset and WBD101 SmartBody™ Processor with ActivHearts™ By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 07:00:00 GMT The ST-1803 Sports Hearable uses the World's Smallest Heart Rate Sensing Earbud Technology from WBD101 Full Article
processor Avoiding processing flaws in a computer processor triggered by a predetermined sequence of hardware events By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A system, method and computer program product for avoiding a processing flaw in a computer processor triggered by a predetermined sequence of hardware events. The system may include a detecting unit and a power-on reset unit. The detecting unit detects that the predetermined sequence of hardware events is going to occur at the computer processor. The power-on reset unit initializes the computer processor to a state stored in computer memory in response to detecting the sequence of hardware events. Full Article
processor Processor and operating method By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:00:00 EDT Disclosed is a processor that is able to efficiently execute DFT operations without having part of a basic operational circuit idle even during non-DFT-operation processing. The processor (1) has an operational means (operation unit) (2) and a control means (control unit) (3). The operation means (2) has a plurality of shift addition-and-subtraction means connected such that CORDIC (COordinate Rotation DIgital Computer) operations can be executed. The shift adding-and-subtracting means also execute shift addition-and-subtraction processing of butterfly operations that process shift addition-and-subtraction for one stage or more. The control means (3) instructs the operation means (2) to execute either CORDIC operations or butterfly operations, based on a plurality of data received from the outside. Full Article
processor Random number generation method and apparatus using low-power microprocessor By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 12 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A random number generation method and apparatus using a low-power microprocessor is provided. In the random number generation method, a low-power microprocessor determines whether external power is supplied to a random number generator. The low-power microprocessor updates an internal state of the random number generator based on a first scheme if it is determined that the external power is supplied to the random number generator. The low-power microprocessor updates the internal state of the random number generator based on a second scheme different from the first scheme if it is determined that the external power is not supplied to the random number generator. Full Article
processor Interrupt control method and multicore processor system By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT In an interrupt control method of a multicore processor system including cores, a cache coherency mechanism, and a device, a first core detecting an interrupt signal from the device writes into an area prescribing an interrupt flag in the cache memory of the first core, first data indicating detection of the interrupt signal, and notifies the other cores of an execution request for interrupt processing corresponding to the interrupt signal, consequent to the cache coherency mechanism establishing coherency among at least cache memories of the other cores when the first data is written; and a second core different from the first core, maintaining the first data written as the interrupt flag, and notified of the execution request executes the interrupt processing, and writes over the area prescribing the interrupt flag written in the cache memory of the second core, with second data indicating no-detection of the interrupt signal. Full Article
processor Handling interrupts in a multi-processor system By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A data processing apparatus has a plurality of processors and a plurality of interrupt interfaces each for handling interrupt requests from a corresponding processor. An interrupt distributor controls routing of interrupt requests to the interrupt interfaces. A shared interrupt request is serviceable by multiple processors. In response to the shared interrupt request, a target interrupt interface issues an interrupt ownership request to the interrupt distributor, without passing the shared interrupt request to the corresponding processor, if it estimates that the corresponding processor is available for servicing the shared interrupt request. The shared interrupt request is passed to the corresponding processor when an ownership confirmation is received from the interrupt distributor indicating that the processor has been selected for servicing the shared interrupt request. Full Article
processor Managing utilization of physical processors of a shared processor pool in a virtualized processor environment By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 19 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT Systems, methods and computer program products may provide managing utilization of one or more physical processors in a shared processor pool. A method of managing utilization of one or more physical processors in a shared processor pool may include determining a current amount of utilization of the one or more physical processors and generating an instruction message. The instruction message may be at least partially determined by the current amount of utilization. The method may further include sending the instruction message to a guest operating system, the guest operating system having a number of enabled virtual processors. Full Article
processor Apparatus and methods for adaptive thread scheduling on asymmetric multiprocessor By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT Techniques for adaptive thread scheduling on a plurality of cores for reducing system energy are described. In one embodiment, a thread scheduler receives leakage current information associated with the plurality of cores. The leakage current information is employed to schedule a thread on one of the plurality of cores to reduce system energy usage. On chip calibration of the sensors is also described. Full Article
processor Reconfigurable processor and method By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT Disclosed are a reconfigurable processor and processing method, a reconfiguration control apparatus and method, and a thread modeler and modeling method. A memory area of a reconfigurable processor may be divided into a plurality of areas, and a context enabling a thread process may be stored in respective divided areas, in advance. Accordingly, when a context switching is performed from one thread to another thread, the other thread may be executed by using information stored in an area corresponding to the other thread. Full Article
processor Implementation of multi-tasking on a digital signal processor with a hardware stack By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:00:00 EDT The disclosure relates to the implementation of multi-tasking on a digital signal processor. Blocking functions are arranged such that they do not make use of a processor's hardware stack. Respective function calls are replaced with a piece of inline assembly code, which instead performs a branch to the correct routine for carrying out said function. If a blocking condition of the blocking function is encountered, a task switch can be done to resume another task. Whilst the hardware stack is not used when a task switch might have to occur, mixed-up contents of the hardware stack among function calls performed by different tasks are avoided. Full Article
processor Method for activating processor cores within a computer system By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A technique for activating processor cores within a computer system is disclosed. Initially, a value representing a number of processor cores to be enabled within the computer system is received. The computer system includes multiple processors, and each of the processors includes multiple processor cores. Next, a scale variable value representing a specific type of tasks to be optimized during an execution of the tasks within the computer system is received. From a pool of available processor cores within the computer system, a subset of processor cores can be selected for activation. The subset of processor cores is activated in order to achieve system optimization during an execution of the tasks. Full Article
processor Method and device for passing parameters between processors By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 12 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT The disclosure provides a method for passing a parameter between processors. The method comprises the following steps: in a source program of a slave processor, directly introducing a static configuration parameter to be passed; obtaining a relative address of the static configuration parameter when converting the source program of the slave processor into a target program of the slave processor; and configuring directly, by a master processor, a parameter value of the static configuration parameter in the target program of the slave processor according to the obtained relative address of the static configuration parameter. The disclosure also provides a system for passing a parameter between processors. The system has no need to use external hardware such as a dual-port Random Access Memory (RAM) and a register, thus, the requirement of parameter transmission on the external hardware is reduced, and further the area and static power consumption of a chip are reduced. The disclosure reduces the cycle delay of the slave processor in accessing the dual-port RAM and the register, thereby effectively reducing the dynamic power consumption of the chip, improving the processing capability of the slave processor and enhancing the effective performance of the slave processor. Full Article
processor Utilization of a microcode interpreter built in to a processor By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 12 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT Augmented processor hardware contains a microcode interpreter. When encrypted microcode is included in a message from a service, the microcode may be passed to the microcode interpreter. Based on decryption and execution of the microcode taking place at the processor hardware, extended functionality may be realized. Full Article
processor Issue policy control within a multi-threaded in-order superscalar processor By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 12 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A multi-threaded in-order superscalar processor 2 includes an issue stage 12 including issue circuitry 22, 24 for selecting instructions to be issued to execution units 14, 16 in dependence upon a currently selected issue policy. A plurality of different issue policies are provided by associated different policy circuitry 28, 30, 32 and a selection between which of these instances of the policy circuitry 28, 30, 32 is active is made by policy selecting circuitry 34 in dependence upon detected dynamic behavior of the processor 2. Full Article
processor Efficient conditional ALU instruction in read-port limited register file microprocessor By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 12 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A microprocessor having performs an architectural instruction that instructs it to perform an operation on first and second source operands to generate a result and to write the result to a destination register only if its architectural condition flags satisfy a condition specified in the architectural instruction. A hardware instruction translator translates the instruction into first and second microinstructions. To execute the first microinstruction, an execution pipeline performs the operation on the source operands to generate the result. To execute the second microinstruction, it writes the destination register with the result generated by the first microinstruction if the architectural condition flags satisfy the condition, and writes the destination register with the current value of the destination register if the architectural condition flags do not satisfy the condition. Full Article
processor Multiprocessor system, multiprocessor control method, and multiprocessor integrated circuit By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 12 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT In a multiprocessor system, in general, a processor assigned with a larger amount of tasks is apt to perform a larger amount of communication with other processors assigned with tasks, than a processor assigned with a smaller amount of tasks. Thus in order for each processor to be able to perform the routing process efficiently, tasks are assigned such that, when there are a first processor and a second processor, the number of processors each assigned with one or more tasks and directly connected with the second processor being smaller than the number of processors each assigned with one or more tasks and directly connected with the first processor, the amount of tasks assigned to the first processor is equal to or larger than the amount of tasks assigned to the second processor. Full Article
processor Method for activating processor cores within a computer system By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 12 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A method for activating processor cores within a computer system is disclosed. Initially, a value representing a number of processor cores to be enabled within the computer system is received. The computer system includes multiple processors, and each of the processors includes multiple processor cores. Next, a scale variable value representing a specific type of tasks to be optimized during an execution of the tasks within the computer system is received. From a pool of available processor cores within the computer system, a subset of processor cores can be selected for activation. The subset of processor cores is activated in order to achieve system optimization during an execution of the tasks. Full Article
processor High performance computing (HPC) node having a plurality of switch coupled processors By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 19 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A High Performance Computing (HPC) node comprises a motherboard, a switch comprising eight or more ports integrated on the motherboard, and at least two processors operable to execute an HPC job, with each processor communicably coupled to the integrated switch and integrated on the motherboard. Full Article
processor Multiprocessor messaging system By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 19 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A multiprocessor system includes a first microprocessor and a second microprocessor. A first signaling pathway is configured to send message transmission coordination signals from the first microprocessor to the second microprocessor. The first signaling pathway may be coupled to at least two flag registers associated with the second microprocessor. A second signaling pathway is configured to send message transmission coordination signals from the second microprocessor to the first microprocessor. The second signaling pathway may be coupled to at least two flag registers associated with the first microprocessor. The first signaling pathway is independent of the second signaling pathway. Full Article
processor Data mover moving data to accelerator for processing and returning result data based on instruction received from a processor utilizing software and hardware interrupts By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 19 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT Efficient data processing apparatus and methods include hardware components which are pre-programmed by software. Each hardware component triggers the other to complete its tasks. After the final pre-programmed hardware task is complete, the hardware component issues a software interrupt. Full Article
processor Load/move and duplicate instructions for a processor By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A method includes, in a processor, loading/moving a first portion of bits of a source into a first portion of a destination register and duplicate that first portion of bits in a subsequent portion of the destination register. Full Article
processor Generating hardware events via the instruction stream for microprocessor verification By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A processor receives an instruction operation (OP) code from a verification system. The instruction OP code includes instruction bits and forced event bits. The processor identifies a forced event based upon the forced event bits, which is unrelated to an instruction that corresponds to the instruction bits. In turn, the processor executes the forced event. Full Article
processor Dynamic energy savings for digital signal processor modules using plural energy savings states By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT In an example embodiment, there is described herein an apparatus comprising an interface for communicating with a plurality of digital signal processors and logic operable to send and receive data via the interface. The logic is configured to determine a first set of digital signal processors to be maintained in a ready state, a second set of digital signal processors to be maintained in a first energy saving state, and a third set of digital signal processors to be maintained in a second energy saving state. Full Article
processor Language translation using preprocessor macros By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A method is provided for providing consistent logical code across specific programming languages. The method incorporates preprocessor macros in a source computer program code to generate a program control flow. The preprocessor macros can be used to describe program control flow in the source programming language for execution in the source computer program code. The preprocessor macros can also be used to generate control flow objects representing the control flow, which converts the source computer program code into a general language representation. The general language representation when executed is used to output computer programming code in specific programming languages representing the same logical code as that of the source computer program code. Full Article
processor Optimization of loops and data flow sections in multi-core processor environment By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT The present invention relates to a method for compiling code for a multi-core processor, comprising: detecting and optimizing a loop, partitioning the loop into partitions executable and mappable on physical hardware with optimal instruction level parallelism, optimizing the loop iterations and/or loop counter for ideal mapping on hardware, chaining the loop partitions generating a list representing the execution sequence of the partitions. Full Article
processor Program module applicability analyzer for software development and testing for multi-processor environments By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT In one embodiment, a machine-implemented method programs a heterogeneous multi-processor computer system to run a plurality of program modules, wherein each program module is to be run on one of the processors The system includes a plurality of processors of two or more different processor types. According to the recited method, machine-implemented offline processing is performed using a plurality of SIET tools of a scheduling information extracting toolkit (SIET) and a plurality of SBT tools of a schedule building toolkit (SBT). A program module applicability analyzer (PMAA) determines whether a first processor of a first processor type is capable of running a first program module without compiling the first program module. Machine-implemented online processing is performed using realtime data to test the scheduling software and the selected schedule solution. Full Article
processor Adjustment of threads for execution based on over-utilization of a domain in a multi-processor system by destroying parallizable group of threads in sub-domains By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT Embodiments provide various techniques for dynamic adjustment of a number of threads for execution in any domain based on domain utilizations. In a multiprocessor system, the utilization for each domain is monitored. If a utilization of any of these domains changes, then the number of threads for each of the domains determined for execution may also be adjusted to adapt to the change. Full Article
processor Verification module apparatus for debugging software and timing of an embedded processor design that exceeds the capacity of a single FPGA By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 12 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A plurality of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), high performance transceivers, and memory devices provide a verification module for timing and state debugging of electronic circuit designs. Signal value compression circuits and gigabit transceivers embedded in each FPGA increase the fanout of each FPGA. Ethernet communication ports enable remote software debugging of processor instructions. Full Article
processor Systems, methods, and apparatus for calibrating, controlling, and operating a quantum processor By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 08:00:00 EDT Quantum annealing may include applying and gradually removing disorder terms to qubits of a quantum processor, for example superconducting flux qubits of a superconducting quantum processor. A problem Hamiltonian may be established by applying control signals to the qubits, an evolution Hamiltonian established by applying disorder terms, and annealing by gradually removing the disorder terms. Change in persistent current in the qubits may be compensated. Multipliers may mediate coupling between various qubits and a global signal line, for example by applying respective scaling factors. Two global signal lines may be arranged in an interdigitated pattern to couple to respective qubits of a communicatively coupled pair of qubits. Pairs of qubits may be communicatively isolated and used to measure a response of one another to defined signals. Full Article
processor Memory management unit for a microprocessor system, microprocessor system and method for managing memory By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT The invention pertains to a memory management unit for a microprocessor system, the memory management unit being connected or connectable to at least one processor core of the microprocessor system and being connected or connectable to a physical memory of the microprocessor system. The memory management unit is adapted to selectively operate in a hypervisor mode or in a supervisor mode, the hypervisor mode and the supervisor mode having different privilege levels of access to hardware The memory management unit comprises a first register table indicating physical address information for mapping at least one logical physical address and at least one actual physical address onto each other; a second register table indicating an allowed address range of physical addresses accessible to a process running in or under supervisor mode; wherein the memory management unit is adapted to prevent write access to the second register table by a process not in hypervisor mode. The memory management unit is further adapted to allow write access to the first register table of a process running in or under supervisor mode to reconfigure the physical address information indicated in the first register table with memory mapping information relating to at least one physical address, if the at least one physical address is in the allowed address range, and to prevent write access to the first register table of the process running in or under supervisor mode if the at least one physical address is not in the allowed address range. The invention also pertains to a microprocessor system and a method for managing memory. Full Article
processor Method and apparatus for a trust processor By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a cryptographic processor within a wireless device. The cryptographic processor includes at least one cryptographic unit. The cryptographic processor also includes a nonvolatile memory to store one or more microcode instructions, wherein at least one of the one or more microcode instructions is related to a sensitive operation. The cryptographic processor also includes a controller to control execution of the one or more microcode instructions by the at least one cryptographic unit, wherein the controller is to preclude execution of the sensitive operation if the apparatus is within an untrusted state. Full Article
processor Processor bridge power management By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A power controller can set the power state of a processor bridge based on which processor modules are in a communicative state. In addition, for a power state where selected processor modules are expected to be non-communicative, the power controller can set the supplied voltage to have a reduced voltage guard band as compared to other power states. These power management techniques can reduce the power consumed by the processor. Full Article
processor Security enclave processor power control By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT An SOC implements a security enclave processor (SEP). The SEP may include a processor and one or more security peripherals. The SEP may be isolated from the rest of the SOC (e.g. one or more central processing units (CPUs) in the SOC, or application processors (APs) in the SOC). Access to the SEP may be strictly controlled by hardware. For example, a mechanism in which the CPUs/APs can only access a mailbox location in the SEP is described. The CPU/AP may write a message to the mailbox, which the SEP may read and respond to. The SEP may include one or more of the following in some embodiments: secure key management using wrapping keys, SEP control of boot and/or power management, and separate trust zones in memory. Full Article
processor Apparatus for controlling processor execution in a secure environment By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT Various embodiments described herein relate to apparatus for executing software in a secure computing environment. A secure processor can be used and configured to request a context swap from a first context to a second context when switching execution from a first portion of software to a second portion of software. A context manager, which can be in communication with the secure processor, can be configured to receive and initiate a requested context swap. A trust vector verifier, which can be in communication with the secure processor and the context manager, can be configured to load a trust vector descriptor upon command from a context manager. Full Article
processor Multi-unit blood processor with temperature sensing By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 08:00:00 EDT Method and apparatus for centrifugal blood component separation including temperature sensing in each of a plurality of separation cells. The temperature of unit of bloods over time is recorded. If the temperature of any of the units exceeds a pre-determined maximum, portions of the blood separation device may be cooled. A controller may determine which of the units to process first, generally proceeding from the warmest unit to the coolest. The order of unit processing may be changed during processing. The detected temperature may be used to calibrate a pressure sensor used to predict the volume of a component separated from a composite fluid by predicting the volume of the composite fluid from sensed pressure and predicting the volume of other separated components from sensed movement of the other components to collection bags. Full Article
processor Multi-unit blood processor with isolated valves for radio frequency sealing By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 08:00:00 EST An apparatus for separating at least two discrete volumes of a composite liquid into components, comprising a valve design that facilitates loading and unloading of sets of blood bags. The valves comprise a jaw mounted on a shaft, the jaw being adapted to apply radio frequency energy to seal a tube, a stepper motor section, and at least two position sensors. The valve sections are mounted on an upper plate, and the stepper motor sections are mounted on a lower plate. A main radio frequency coil is selectively electrically coupled to each of the valves through a multiplexing switch. Full Article