Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for in-field thermal calibration are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes instructions, memory in the apparatus, and processor circuitry. The processor circuitry is to execute the instructions to determine that a system on chip (SOC) package is deployed, the SOC package deployed with a default first thermal model, in response to the determination that the SOC package is deployed, monitor at least one temperature of the SOC package from a sensor and power usage of the SOC package, calibrate a second thermal model based on the at least one temperature and the power usage, and publish the calibrated second thermal model for control of the SOC package.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatus to reconfigure a computer are disclosed. An example electronic device includes at least one memory, instructions in the electronic device, and processor circuitry to execute instructions to analyze data corresponding to a first configuration of the electronic device to detect a change associated with the electronic device, the first configuration corresponding to a respective first user profile, determine a second configuration of the electronic device based on the detected change, and adjust a configuration of the electronic device from the first configuration to the second configuration.
Abstract:
Technologies for providing information to a user while traveling include a mobile computing device to determine network condition information associated with a route segment. The route segment may be one of a number of route segments defining at least one route from a starting location to a destination. The mobile computing device may determine a route from the starting location to the destination based on the network condition information. The mobile computing device may upload the network condition information to a crowdsourcing server. A mobile computing device may predict a future location of the device based on device context, determine a safety level for the predicted location, and notify the user if the safety level is below a threshold safety level. The device context may include location, time of day, and other data. The safety level may be determined based on predefined crime data. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to improve user experience on computing devices are disclosed. An example computing device includes an image sensor. The example computing device further includes wireless communication circuitry. The example computing device also includes an operations controller to cause the wireless communication circuitry to switch between different operation modes based on an analysis of image data generated by the image sensor. Different ones of the operation modes to consume different amounts of power.
Abstract:
A method is described that comprises executing a service selection method on an off load processor of a computing system to select an available network service for handling traffic sent to/from a handheld device. The execution of the service selection method is performed while a main CPU of said computing system is in a low power state.
Abstract:
A method is described that comprises executing a service selection method on an off load processor of a computing system to select an available network service for handling traffic sent to/from a handheld device. The execution of the service selection method is performed while a main CPU of said computing system is in a low power state.
Abstract:
A video source device for wireless display sharing, including: an encoder operable to dynamically switch between encoding a video full-frame into a first bitstream at a first resolution, and a video sub-frame into a second bitstream at a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution; processing circuitry operable to decide between encoding the video full-frame and encoding the video sub-frame based on an amount of available wireless transmission bandwidth, a number of pixels in a changed region of the video full-frame, spatial complexity of a changed region of the video full-frame, temporal complexity of a changed region of the video full-frame, or a category of region change of the video full-frame; and a transmitter operable to wirelessly transmit the first bitstream and the second bitstream to a video sink device.
Abstract:
Display pixels having integrated memory are disclosed. A disclosed example memory pixel includes a light emitter on a semiconductor substrate, memory co-located with the light emitter on the same semiconductor substrate, and a comparator in circuit with the memory, the comparator to control a flow of electrical current to the light emitter based on pixel data from the memory and timing information.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to manage power and performance of computing devices based on user presence are disclosed. An apparatus includes an engagement detector to determine an engagement of a user with a device based on at least one of image data generated by an image sensor or an application running on the device; and an operation mode selector to select one of a plurality of operation modes for the device based on a level of engagement of the user, the plurality of operation modes including (1) a first operation mode associated with the device operating at a first performance level and a first power level and (2) a second operation mode associated with the device operating at a second performance level and a second power level, the first performance level being higher than the second performance level, the first power level being higher than the second power level.
Abstract:
Apparatus, systems, and methods for intelligent tuning of overclocking frequency are disclosed. An example apparatus includes trial control circuitry to execute an optimization model to select first values for overclocking parameters of a processor, the first values associated with a first trial, and perform benchmark testing of the processor when the processor is operating based on the first values; trial evaluation circuitry to calculate a first score for the first trial based on the benchmark testing; and model updating circuitry to perform a comparison of the first score to a second score, the second score associated with a second trial for second values for the overclocking parameters, the second values different than the first values; and select one of the first values or the second values to overclock the processor based on the comparison.