Qualcomm Patents a Chip Design That Keeps Two Graphics Jobs Processing Simultaneously
Mobile GPUs typically finish one graphics job before starting the next, leaving parts of the chip sitting idle. Qualcomm's new patent describes…
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Sony Patents a Self-Cooling Wire Motor That Chills Itself From the Inside
Tiny wire-based motors that move by changing shape when heated are fast and powerful, but they overheat quickly. Sony's new patent puts…
Intel Patents Circuitry That Spots AI Data-Streaming Before the Cache Gets Swamped
When a processor is running an AI job, it often burns through memory in one long sweep, never touching the same data…
Dedicated AI Compression Chips Emerge From New AMD Patent
Video compression is already a heavy lift for chips, and AI-based codecs make it even heavier. AMD is filing a patent for…
AMD Files Patent to Accelerate In-Game Lighting Through Neural Networks
Figuring out whether a light bulb actually illuminates a surface is one of the most expensive calculations in 3D graphics. AMD wants…
AMD Patents a Hardware Shortcut for the Number-Conversion Work AI Chips Do Constantly
AI chips spend a surprising amount of time just converting numbers back and forth between formats. AMD's new patent describes a hardware…
AMD Patent Uses Boolean Matrix Factorization to Shrink AI Models for FPGA Deployment
Running AI directly on a programmable chip is already a tight squeeze. Xilinx has filed a patent for a technique that compresses…
AMD Patents a Battery-Saving Way to Hand Audio Processing Off to a Dedicated Chip
Every time your PC plays audio, the main processor wakes up to handle it, burning battery in the process. AMD's new patent…
Apple Patents a Chip That Learns Memory Patterns to Fetch Data Faster
Every time your iPhone or Mac app stumbles while loading data, the chip is playing catch-up. Apple's new patent describes a memory…
Samsung Patents a System That Routes Tasks Away from Worn-Out Chips
Every chip in your phone gradually wears out, but they don't all wear out at the same rate. Samsung's new patent describes…
AMD Patents a System That Alerts Developers When Programs Access Forbidden Memory
Tracking down bugs in GPU code is notoriously painful, partly because the hardware offers almost no built-in tools to tell you when…
AMD Patents a Faster Way to Wrap 3D Objects for Ray Tracing
Every ray-traced image you see depends on millions of invisible boxes drawn around 3D objects. AMD has filed a patent for a…
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