Nvidia Patents a Number-Rounding Shortcut for AI Math That Eats Chip Power
Every time an AI model turns raw scores into probabilities, the chip has to compute an exponential function, and doing that cleanly…
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Meta Patents a Camera That Identifies Objects Before Image Data Leaves the Device
Most cameras ship your raw photos off to a processor somewhere else before any AI runs on them. Meta is filing a…
Samsung Patents a System to Stop Multiple Chips From Reading Outdated Data
When dozens of processors share the same pool of memory, keeping them from stepping on each other's data is one of the…
Apple Patents a Way for Its AI Chips to Juggle Multiple Tasks Without Losing Their Place
Apple's AI chips may soon be able to pause one AI job, handle another, and then pick right back up, all without…
Samsung Files Patent for Mobile Memory That Compresses Data While Saving Battery Life
Moving data from memory to a processor burns power and slows things down. Samsung's new patent describes a way to decompress and…
Qualcomm Patents a Low-Power Sleep Mode for the Memory Inside Your Chips
Your phone's processor is packed with tiny memory banks that burn power even when they're sitting idle. Qualcomm's new patent describes a…
Samsung Patents a Shorter Signal Path Inside Stacked Camera Chips
Samsung has filed a patent for a new wiring layout inside image sensors that cuts the distance electrical signals travel between the…
Samsung Patents a Camera Chip That Stores More Charge to Capture Cleaner Photos
Samsung is trying to pack more electrical storage directly into the wiring layer of a camera sensor chip, which could reduce noise…
Sony Patents a Camera That Sees Close and Distant Objects Simultaneously
Most depth-sensing cameras have to choose between seeing objects up close or far away. Sony's new patent describes a chip that tackles…
Microsoft Patents a Way to Route Database Queries Through a GPU
Microsoft has filed a patent describing a system that offloads database searches to a graphics chip, potentially speeding up data lookups without…
Apple Patents a Three-Chip Wake-Up System to Cut Photo Lag on Its Headset
Every fraction of a second counts when you try to take a photo. Apple is filing patents to stop its headset from…
Intel Patents a Chip-Level Defense Against Memory Spying Between Programs
Two programs running on the same chip can spy on each other through the processor's own cache memory, without touching each other's…
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