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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5365487 | DRAM power management with self-refresh A DRAM furnishes power management circuits that remove power from circuits on the DRAM that are not necessary for self-refresh and that turn on and off other circuits necessary for self-refresh in timed relation to the refresh cycle. The power management ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5355317 | Method and apparatus for system design A system level automation tool for system design using a computer is operable to generate a first set of objects each defining a portion of the system. The objects have a parent-child relationship wherein one or more child objects each define a portion of... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5353376 | System and method for improved speech acquisition for hands-free voice telecommunication in a noisy environment Systems and methods for improved speech acquisition are disclosed including a plurality of linearly arrayed sensors to detect spoken input and to output signals in response thereto, a beamformer connected to the sensors to cancel a preselected noise porti... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5280619 | System for accessing shared data using a serialization graph constructed from a history file showing completed locking dependencies between transactions Apparatus for scheduling at least two concurrent transactions accessing a shared data is provided. When a lock request is granted, the apparatus provides for constructing a history file for the shared data to show each data accessing transaction, and also... | 01/18/1994 |
