Nvidia Patents a Chip Design That Runs AI's Hardest Math Simultaneously Faster
Neural networks run on a lot of math that current chip circuits handle one piece at a time. Nvidia's new patent describes…
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Nvidia Patents a Single-Step Tool for Reshaping Complex Image Data on the Fly
Nvidia has patented a programming interface that lets developers collapse complex, multi-dimensional data structures in one instruction rather than chaining together multiple…
Sony Patents Cameras That Learn and Improve Their Own Picture Analysis On-Device
Most cameras send their images somewhere else to get smarter. Sony is patenting a chip where the camera learns from what it…
Nvidia Patents Speed Boost for Encryption Math Using AI Accelerator Hardware
Nvidia's GPUs are packed with matrix-math engines built for AI, and a new patent describes how to put that hardware to work…
Xilinx Patents an AI Chip Multiplier That Handles More Number Formats Than Usual
Most AI chips are built to crunch numbers in one specific format. Xilinx is patenting a multiplier that can handle a wider…
Xilinx Patents a Processor That Loans Its CPU Cores to an Accelerator on Demand
Most chips draw a hard line between the CPU and the accelerator. Xilinx's new patent erases that line, letting the processor hand…
Chip Designer AMD Patents an AI Processor That Runs Two Types of Math at Once
Most AI chips do one heavy calculation at a time and then move on. Xilinx's new patent describes a chip design where…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Shrink AI Image Filters by Cutting Redundant Math
AI image processing relies on hundreds of tiny math filters, and many of them are near-identical copies of each other. Qualcomm's new…
Samsung Patents Phone Design Where Cooling System Doubles as Speaker Channel
Samsung is exploring a way to make the metal component that cools your phone's processor do double duty as part of the…
Qualcomm Patents a Chip That Runs Two AI Processing Styles at Once
Running AI on a phone chip is a balancing act between speed and power. Qualcomm's new patent describes a chip design that…
Qualcomm Files Patent for Graphics Code That Adjusts Itself on Phones
Qualcomm is patenting a system that lets its graphics processors swap out how a program runs mid-execution, rather than committing to a…
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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