An object is to provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning. A game server that manages progress of a breeding game of a virtual life form can provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning. The game server includes circuitry configured to acquire a wake-up time of a user; and a update the breeding game in accordance with the acquired wake-up time.

A virtual machine control device 20 includes: an external disk 22 that has recorded thereon initialization information including user data and application software for each virtual machine 11; and a restart control unit 21 that, when a failure in which a reboot of an OS is executed without a restart escalation for expanding an initialization range in stages occurs in a virtual machine 11.sub.0 of an active system (ACT), stops a duplexed operation, causes another general-purpose device 10.sub.x to load the initialization information for the virtual machine 11.sub.0 of an active system that has stopped and to reboot an OS and also causes a virtual machine 11.sub.1 of a standby system (SBY) that has stopped the duplexed operation to load the initialization information for the virtual machine 11.sub.1 and to reboot an OS, and sets as an active system the general-purpose device 10.sub.x that has started up first, and sets as standby system a general-purpose device 10.sub.1 that has started up later.

Techniques are disclosed relating a computer system in a power-down state receiving a communication from a remote computer system and performing a task indicated by the communication. The computer system in a power-down state performs the task without transitioning from the power-down state into a power-up state. Exemplary tasks performed in the power-down state include uploading one or more files to a remote computer system, downloading one or more files from a remote computer system, deleting one or more files from the computer system, accessing input/output devices, disabling the computer system, and performing a memory check on the computer system.

A memory, a method controlling method and a system are disclosed. The memory includes: an array of memory cells; a power manager; an instruction decoder; a controller; and an I/O interface, including a chip select pin. In the standby state, the instruction decoder and controller are enabled; in the power-down state, the instruction decoder is enabled; and in the deep power-down state, they are all disabled. In response to receiving a chip select signal, the memory enters the power-down state from the deep power-down state. The memory of the present disclosure provides the deep power-down state that disables the decoder, and the memory in the deep power-down state exits directly to the power-down state to achieve some functions without enabling all components, thereby reducing power consumption.

A method includes receiving a request for a transfer of data on a bus of a computing device; determining a direction for the transfer, at least in part based on the request; determining a quantity of data for the transfer, at least in part based on the request; determining a power state for a lane of the bus, at least in part based on the direction and the quantity of data for the transfer; and setting the power state for the lane of the bus.

An information processing device includes: a foldable one display; a memory which stores at least a program; and a processor which executes the program stored in the memory. By executing the program stored in the memory, the processor performs: operating state switching processing to switch an operating state of a system among a first operating state, a second operating state in which processing of the system is more limited than that in the first operating state and at least the display is hidden, and a third operating state in which the processing of the system is shut down, display mode switching processing to switch between a first display mode to control display by setting a screen area of the display as one display area, and a second display mode to control display by splitting the screen area into plural display areas, and setting switching processing.

Provided is a vehicle controller that can suppress increase in startup time due to increase in the number of function portions related to communication. The invention includes a power supply unit 3 that is capable of supplying or shutting off operating power to a microcomputer 2 that communicates with other electronic control units through CAN channels (CAN1, CAN2), and communication controllers 4 and 6 that are respectively provided in the multiple CAN channels (CAN 1, CAN 2) used for communication of the microcomputer 2. When the communication controller 4 receives a control start instruction signal instructing activation of the microcomputer 2 through the CAN channel (CAN1) related to the communication controller 4, the communication controller 4 switches the state of the communication controller 4 from a standby state with a limited function to an operating state, transmits a power source activation instruction signal instructing switching of the supply state of operating power to the microcomputer 2 from supply to shut-off to the power supply unit 3, and outputs a communication start instruction signal instructing switching from the standby state to the operating state to the communication controller 6.

Various examples relate to a concept for determining and handling a mismatch between an expected and a current system configuration. An apparatus for a computer system comprises interface circuitry, machine-readable instructions and processing circuitry to execute the machine-readable instructions to obtain information on an expected system configuration of the computer system from a protected storage of the computer system, determine information on a current system configuration of the computer system, compare the expected system configuration with the current system configuration, and provide information on a mismatch via an output device of the computer system if there is a mismatch between the expected system configuration and the current system configuration.

A system on chip (SoC) includes an internal read-only memory (ROM) configured to store a first boot loader; a first internal static random access memory (SRAM) configured to receive a second boot loader output from a booting device, store the second boot loader, and perform a booting sequence according to control of the first boot loader; a second internal SRAM configured to receive a third boot loader output from the booting device, store the third boot loader, and perform a wake-up sequence according to control of the first boot loader; and a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) controller configured to load an operating system (OS) from the booting device into a DRAM according to control of the second boot loader.

A self-correcting memory system comprising an integrated circuit including memory and memory content authentication functionality, which is operative to compare content to be authenticated to a standard and to output “authentic” if the content to be authenticated equals the standard and “non-authentic” otherwise; and error correction functionality which is operative to apply at least one possible correction to at least one erroneous word entity in said memory, yielding a possibly correct word entity, call said authentication for application to the possibly correct word entity, and if the authentication's output is “authentic”, to replace said erroneous word entity in said memory, with said possibly correct word entity thereby to yield error correction at a level of confidence derived from the level of confidence associated with the authentication.