PLATFORMS CONDUCTING RESEARCH

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
TANGOLAB	Space Tango	611 Winchester Road Lexington KY 40505	Platforms for conducting research and development in microgravity and space; and platforms for conducting on-orbit manufacturing in microgravity and space;Renting access to a platform for conducting research and development in microgravity and space; and renting access to a platform for manufacturing purposes in microgravity and space;TANGO LAB;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

Methods, apparatus, and systems for updating firmware for clustered computing platforms. Firmware provided on each platform is loaded for operating system runtime availability. The firmware update process begins by issuing an update directive that includes firmware update data to a first platform. That platform then interacts with firmware running on other platforms to update the firmware for those platforms, wherein communications between the platforms is enabled via an out-of-band (OOB) communication channel or network. In one embodiment, OOB communications are facilitated by a hidden execution mode known as the System Management Mode (SMM), which has the ability to receive and respond to periodic System Management Interrupts (SMI) and execute corresponding SMI handlers configured to support inter-platform communication in a manner that is transparent to operating systems running on the platforms. The method allows firmware to be updated across multiple platforms, such as server blades, using a single administrative action.