This disclosure relates generally to conditioned spaces, and more particularly to a system and method for thermo-fluid management in the conditioned space. In one embodiment, the method includes retrieving geometry and operational information of the conditioned space from a conditioned space data. A 3D geometry of the conditioned space is automatically generated in a format suitable for a mesh generation model for numerical analysis by parsing the conditioned space data. A mesh is created within the 3D geometry using the mesh generation model. A simulation data is generated based at least on an operational data of the plurality of components. The simulation data is applied on the mesh to simulate a thermo-fluid model of the conditioned space.

In this paper, binary stackers and counters are presented. In an embodiment, a counter uses 3-bit stacking circuits which group the T bits together, followed by a symmetric method to combine pairs of 3-bit stacks into 6-bit stacks. The bit stacks are then converted to binary counts, producing 6:3 and 7:3 Counter circuits with no XOR gates on the critical path. This avoidance of XOR gates results in faster designs with efficient power and area utilization. In VLSI simulations, the presently-disclosed counters were 30% faster and at consumed at least 20% less power than existing parallel counters. Additionally, using the presently-disclosed counter in existing Counter Based Wallace tree multiplier architectures reduces latency and improves efficiency in terms of power-delay product for 64-bit and 128-bit multipliers.

Techniques for modeling a data center are provided. In one aspect, a method for determining data center efficiency is provided. The method includes the following steps. Target parameters for the data center are obtained. Technology pre-requisite parameters for the data center are obtained. An optimum data center efficiency is determined given the target parameters for the data center and the technology pre-requisite parameters for the data center.

Methods and systems are provided for generating an interactive simulation representing one or more assets based on one or more asset records. Based on information from asset records stored at a database system of a cloud-based computing system, an asset simulator module, executed at a cloud-based computing system, can generate one or more simulated representations of the assets. A simulator application executed at the cloud-based computing system can augment the simulated representations of the assets with (at least) additional information from the asset records stored in the database system, and generate a user interface that presents an interactive simulation of the assets. The user interface can include the simulated representations of the assets with the additional information from the asset records stored in the database system.

This disclosure relates generally to conditioned spaces, and more particularly to a system and method for thermo-fluid management in the conditioned space. In one embodiment, the method includes retrieving geometry and operational information of the conditioned space from a conditioned space data. A 3D geometry of the conditioned space is automatically generated in a format suitable for a mesh generation model for numerical analysis by parsing the conditioned space data. A mesh is created within the 3D geometry using the mesh generation model. A simulation data is generated based at least on an operational data of the plurality of components. The simulation data is applied on the mesh to simulate a thermo-fluid model of the conditioned space.

Disclosed is a system for facilitating homogenized distribution of airflow, generated from one or more cooling units, in a data center. The virtual data center creation module for creating a virtual environment of the data center. The airflow channel determination module for dividing the architectural layout into one or more partitions to determine one or more airflow channels corresponding to each of the one or more partitions. The CRAC placement module for positioning the at least one cooling unit in an airflow channel, of the one or more airflow channels, in a manner such that the airflow moves in a streamline manner within the airflow channel. The vein determination module for determining position of each of a plurality of veins inside the airflow channel. The vein shape determination module for determining shape of each vein that facilitates the homogenized distribution of the airflow.

Methods, systems, and apparatus for generating a recipe for a concrete mixture, comprising: obtaining an optical characterization of a set of particles; determining, based on the optical characterization, physical characteristics of the set of particles; generating a multispherical approximation of the set of particles; selecting, based on the physical characteristics of the set of particles and from a database of performance rules, performance rules applicable to the set of particles; predicting performance of a proposed recipe for a concrete mixture formed from the set of particles by: determining a wet flowability rating of the proposed recipe based on the selected performance rules; and determining a dry packing rating of the proposed recipe based on the multispherical approximation; iteratively altering the proposed recipe and predicting performance of the altered proposed recipe until the predicted performance satisfies performance criteria to obtain a final recipe; and outputting the final recipe.

In one aspect, a non-transitory computer readable media has instructions encoded therein which, when executed by a computer processing system, cause the computer processing system to perform a method comprising receiving information indicative of coolers and information technology (IT) racks in an IT room, displaying a representation of the coolers and IT racks in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer system, performing a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis to calculate results including airflow patterns, temperatures, and pressures in the IT room, determining, based on the CFD results, a load on each cooler in the IT room, and for each of the coolers in the IT room, displaying a graphical indication for the representation of each respective cooler of whether a Cooling Efficiency metric for that cooler is in a first or a second state based on the load on that cooler.

A macro scheduler includes a resource tracking module configured to update a database enumerating a plurality of macro components of a set of field programmable gate array (FPGA) devices, a communication interface configured to receive from a first client device a first design definition indicating one or more specified macro components for a design, resource allocation logic configured to allocate a first set of macro components for the design by allocating one of the plurality of macro components for each of the one or more specified macro components indicated in the first design definition, and configuration logic configured to implement the design in the set of FPGA devices by configuring the first set of allocated macro components according to the first design definition.

According to various aspects and embodiments, a system and method for use with a raised floor data center is provided. The method according to one aspect includes receiving input data, including data related to at least one data center design parameter, determining tile airflow uniformity using the input data and at least one empirical correlation, implementing an analytical model to determine airflow distribution, the analytical model including at least one empirical formula, and using the tile airflow uniformity and the airflow distribution to evaluate airflow in a data center design.