A data storage device (DSD) including a first non-volatile memory (NVM) media type for storing data and a second NVM media type for storing data. Metadata is obtained related to operation of the second NVM media type. The metadata is evaluated and data stored in the first NVM media type is managed based on the evaluated metadata.

Example systems and related methods may relate to a synchronous first-in-first-out (FIFO) data buffer. The synchronous FIFO data buffer may include a counter. The counter may (i) receive a plurality of signals and (ii) output a count of total entries in the FIFO. The FIFO may further include a status generator that may (i) receive the plurality of signals and the count of total entries, and (ii) outputs a status signal. The FIFO may further include a selection generator that may (i) receive the count of total entries, the write signal, and the read signal, and (ii) output a data enable signal and a multiplexor selection signal. The FIFO may further include a scalable NM flip-flop memory structure. N may be a number of entries in the memory structure and M may be a number of bits using flip-flops.

A data processing apparatus includes a storage element and a clock controller. The storage element has storage partitions, including a first storage partition and a second storage partition. The clock controller controls clock driving of the first storage partition and the second storage partition. When a processing circuit is configured to operate in a first condition to process a first data sample with a first bit width, the clock controller enables clock driving of both of the first storage partition and the second storage partition. When the processing circuit is configured to operate in a second condition to process a second data sample with a second bit width, the clock controller enables clock driving of the first storage partition and disables clock driving of the second storage partition.

A data processing apparatus includes a storage element and a clock controller. The storage element has storage partitions, including a first storage partition and a second storage partition. The clock controller controls clock driving of the first storage partition and the second storage partition. When a processing circuit is configured to operate in a first condition to process a first data sample with a first bit width, the clock controller enables clock driving of both of the first storage partition and the second storage partition. When the processing circuit is configured to operate in a second condition to process a second data sample with a second bit width, the clock controller enables clock driving of the first storage partition and disables clock driving of the second storage partition.

Format preserving encryption of floating point data is disclosed. One example is a system including at least one processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive floating point data to be secured, where the floating point data comprises a sign bit, exponent bits and fraction bits. A format preserving encryption (FPE) is applied to the received data, where the FPE is applied separately to the sign bit, the exponent bits and the fraction bits to generate an encrypted floating point data comprising an encrypted sign bit, encrypted exponent bits and encrypted fraction bits. The encrypted floating point data is provided to a service provider as a secure representative of the received data.

An assembly made up of a micro-electro-mechanical system as physical unclonable function, which in reaction to a challenge, outputs a response in accordance with a mapping rule, and a controllable control element which is equipped, in accordance with a control command, to adjust an ambient parameter influencing the mapping rule.

Methods and hardware data structures are provided for tracking ordered transactions in a multi-transactional hardware design using a counter and an indexed table. The data structure includes a counter that keeps track of the number of in-flight transactions; a table that keeps track of the age of each of the in-flight transactions using the counter; and control logic that verifies a transaction response has been received in the correct order (e.g. corresponds to the oldest in-flight transaction) based on the age information in the table.

Methods and hardware data structures are provided for tracking ordered transactions in a multi-transactional hardware design using a counter and an indexed table. The data structure includes a counter that keeps track of the number of in-flight transactions; a table that keeps track of the age of each of the in-flight transactions using the counter; and control logic that verifies a transaction response has been received in the correct order (e.g. corresponds to the oldest in-flight transaction) based on the age information in the table.

An apparatus includes a light source to transmit non-visible light pulses strobed at a frequency and a duty cycle. A detector a detector receives a pattern of reflected light from a display in response to the non-visible light pulses. The pattern of reflected light had at least two different polarization states, where the detector determines a spatial location of the detector relative to the display based on discriminating between the at least two polarization states.

An enterprise wide data processing system includes at least one watchdog unit and/or software service that is configured to automatically detect an attempt to connect a dynamically connectable and disconnectable peripheral (DCP) such as a USB stick to a watchdog-watched Dynamic Connection-Making Mechanism (DCMM) of the system. The watchdog unit and/or software service is further configured to automatically determine if a type of the attempted connection is in accordance with at least one of a local list of connection permissions and connection rules, and if not to prevent an operatively effective connection to be actually made by way of the watchdog-watched DCMM. The system further includes a remotely modifiable storage storing the at least one of the local list of connection permissions and connection rules.