Developers big and small are invited to create software that makes use of the properties and functions of the hardware.
Unless the underlying technology improves the functioning of the hardware, is implemented by novel computer operations or relates to a concept not already generally known, the risks and costs of seeking patent protection may far outweigh the questionable rewards.
It could result, however, when the software patent achieves some new result not previously attainable, requires novel computer operations to operate or improves the functioning of the hardware itself.
The optimum size of these patches is a function of the specific hardware and has been obtained experimentally for three different hardware platforms.
Shapiro says the key innovation the team has come up with is moving a large number of functions out of the hardware itself and into the cloud.
Furthermore, the function and composition of the hardware system are designed.
Based on knowledge of the control strategy and the details of the method of current limiting, linear analytical equivalent models are proposed whose source and impedance values (at fundamental frequency) can be expressed as a function of the inverter's hardware parameters and controller gains.
Then, we will examine the performances as a function of the reconfigurable and hardware parameters.
But almost certainly, games will only be one of the functions of the new hardware; as Major Nelson's reference to TV and entertainment suggests, Microsoft is likely to push the new console as an all-in-one living room solution, offering streaming video, television and music services as well as social media.
Separating the function of the system from the hardware that embodies it, virtualization turns the Internet into a general purpose computing system, with huge gains in versatility, speed and efficiency.
