Intel Patents a Neural Network That Draws Its Own 3D Scene Boxes for Faster Graphics
Every 3D scene you've ever seen in a game or movie relies on invisible boxes drawn around objects to help computers decide…
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From processors and AI accelerators to the packaging and cooling that hold them together, this is where the silicon race lives. Every chip filing, decoded without the jargon.
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Nvidia Patents a Way to Borrow Color Detail From AI-Upscaled Frames
Nvidia has filed a patent for a system that takes color information produced during AI upscaling and feeds it back into lower-resolution…
Qualcomm Patents a Circuit That Kills the Click When Your Audio Chip Switches Power
That faint click or pop you sometimes hear through headphones when a device wakes up or changes volume isn't random noise, it's…
Nvidia Patents a System That Sends Computing Tasks Through the Fastest Available Connections
When you're running a massive AI job across hundreds of chips, the speed of the cables and connections between those chips matters…
Google Patent Targets Real-Time Error Detection in Quantum Computing Systems
Quantum computers make a lot of mistakes, and fixing those mistakes fast enough is one of the hardest unsolved problems in the…
Samsung Patents an Antenna That Connects to Three 5G Networks Through One Chip
Fitting three different radio frequency bands onto one compact antenna board is a real engineering headache. Samsung's new patent describes a layered…
Nvidia Patent: AI Selects Chip Interconnect Speed to Reduce Power Consumption
The cable connecting your GPU to your CPU burns power even when your computer isn't doing much. Nvidia wants a neural network…
Apple Patents a Welded Internal Grounding System for Its Devices
Apple has filed a patent for a very specific way of connecting the inside of a device's frame to its main circuit…
Qualcomm Patent Targets Quieter IC Power Delivery Through RDL-Embedded Capacitors
Every processor needs a steady supply of electricity, but the longer the wires carrying that power, the noisier and less stable it…
Sony Patents a Way to Stop AI Chips from Running Out of Room Mid-Calculation
Running AI on a small chip is a constant tug-of-war between speed and memory. Sony has a new patent that tries to…
Samsung Patents a Radio Chip That Drops Into Low-Power Mode on Its Own
Your phone's radio chip burns power constantly, even when it's barely doing anything. Samsung's new patent describes a way to automatically dial…
Samsung Patents a Storage Circuit That Handles AI Calculations Directly On-Chip
Most chips spend more energy moving data than computing with it. Samsung's patent describes a memory cell that skips the trip entirely…
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