Qualcomm Patents a Fix That Keeps Memory Calculations Faster When Chips Think for Themselves
Qualcomm is patenting a system that lets a processor use two completely different rules for addressing memory depending on what kind of…
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Meta Patents a Chip-Level Mute Switch That Software Cannot Override
Every mic and camera privacy promise on a consumer device ultimately runs on software that can be patched, hacked, or silently updated.…
OpenAI Patents a Way to Search AI Memory Without Moving All the Data
Every time an AI assistant looks something up in its knowledge base, it has to haul enormous amounts of data out of…
OpenAI Patents a Circuit That Runs Calculations Faster by Switching Math Types Automatically
OpenAI has filed a patent for a compute engine that can flip between two different styles of math on demand, and powers…
Google Patents a Two-Track Noise-Cancellation Chip That Saves Battery
Google is rethinking how noise-cancellation chips work, splitting the job across two parallel processing tracks so your headphones can react fast to…
Samsung Patents a Water-Based Method for Depositing Chip-Grade Molybdenum Films
Samsung has filed a patent for a method of building ultra-thin molybdenum metal films on a chip substrate one atomic layer at…
Sony Patents a Camera Chip That Trims Color Data to Cut Costs
Sony's imaging division has patented a way to capture rich, multi-color scenes and then trim that data down inside the sensor itself,…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Play Audio During Calls Without Killing Your Battery
Qualcomm has filed a patent for a chip-level trick that lets your phone play background audio during a voice call while the…
Sony Files Patent for a Camera Chip That Captures and Converts Light in One Step
Sony is filing patents on a way to cram more image-processing circuitry into a camera sensor by splitting the work across two…
Qualcomm Patents a Lower-Power AI Video Filter for Mobile Chips
Qualcomm has filed a patent for a way to run AI-powered video cleanup on a phone chip without draining the battery, by…
Samsung Patents a Safer Way for Chargers to Detect Connected Devices
Every time you plug a phone into a charger, the charger has to figure out something is there. Samsung's new patent focuses…
Qualcomm Patents Technology That Picks the Right Filter to Sharpen Compressed Video
Every time you stream compressed video, the decoder tries to erase the blurring and blocking artifacts compression leaves behind. Qualcomm's new patent…
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