Nvidia Patent Enables GPU Code Execution Concurrent With CPU Processing
Most software is compiled before it ever runs. Nvidia is patenting a way to do that translation mid-execution, letting a CPU hand…
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Intel Patents Technology That Helps Chips Burn Less Power During Idle Moments
Every time your computer goes idle for a split second, it has to guess how long to sleep. Intel's new patent describes…
Samsung Patents a Smartwatch Design That Stops Its Own Hardware From Cutting Off Wireless Signals
Fitting a reliable antenna inside a metal-framed smartwatch is harder than it looks, and the circuit board is often the culprit. Samsung's…
Sony Patents a System That Turns Off AI Chip Memory the Moment It's Done With It
Most AI chips keep their memory fully powered even when the data inside has already been used. Sony's new patent describes a…
Nvidia Patents a System for Watching Dozens of Processors at Once
Managing a data center full of chips usually means checking each one in turn, a slow and error-prone process. Nvidia's new patent…
Google Patent: Reusing CPU Vector Instructions to Accelerate AI Matrix Operations
Google has patented a way to let a processor do matrix math, the kind that powers AI models, without adding new silicon.…
Samsung Patents a Lower-Power Way to Lock Onto GPS Signals Faster
GPS receivers have to search through dozens of possible frequencies at once just to find a satellite signal. Samsung's new patent describes…
Qualcomm Patents a Graphics Chip That Converts Video Data Mid-Process Without Pausing
Every GPU juggles two incompatible ways of storing image data, and switching between them usually means stopping to reformat everything first. Qualcomm's…
Intel Patents a Chip Design That Cuts Wasted Space in AI Hardware
AI chips burn an enormous amount of silicon doing the same multiplication math billions of times a second. Intel's new patent describes…
Intel Patents a Way to Stop AI Chips From Wasting Memory on Image Recognition Tasks
Every time an AI chip processes an image, it risks leaving big chunks of its memory sitting idle or overflowing. Intel has…
Samsung Patents a Two-Chip Wireless Pairing System for Faster Device Connections
Samsung has filed a patent for a device that uses two separate wireless chips to pair with a phone, handing each chip…
Samsung Patents a Shortcut That Helps Phones Process Wi-Fi Signals Faster
Samsung has found a way to make a decades-old math operation run faster inside wireless chips, by flipping a single bit in…
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