Qualcomm Patents a Chip That Speeds Up Small Shapes in 3D Graphics
Every 3D scene is built from millions of triangles, and tiny ones have always caused outsized headaches for GPUs. Qualcomm's new patent…
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Intel Patents Hardware That Runs AI Calculations Using Less Memory and Power
Intel is patenting the internal plumbing of an AI processor that handles a compact number format called FP8, which lets chips do…
AMD Patents a Chip Design That Cuts Out the Data-Transfer Middleman for AI Math
Xilinx has filed a patent for a chip architecture that lets certain AI calculations skip a built-in data-routing layer entirely, reducing delays…
Intel Patents a Chip That Resizes Video and Blurs Backgrounds in One Step
Every time a video call blurs your background, your device is doing two separate jobs: resizing the image and blurring the right…
IBM Patents a Method to Untangle Complex Chip Pulses and Catch Timing Errors
Designing a chip that runs at the wrong speed is a costly mistake. IBM has filed a patent for a smarter way…
Samsung Patents a Power-Aware Task Scheduler for Multi-Core Chips
Every chip in your phone has multiple processing cores, and the question of which core handles which task has a surprisingly large…
Samsung Patents Technology That Keeps Phone Calls Clear Without Extra Hardware
Inside every phone is a tiny radio receiver fighting a constant battle against its own internal noise. Samsung just filed a patent…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Pre-Adjusts Chip Speed Before Work Arrives
Instead of waiting for your phone's chip to get overwhelmed and then throttling back, Qualcomm's new patent describes a system that predicts…
Samsung Patents a Fix for the Visible Seams That Appear When Phones Process Photos in Pieces
When a phone's image processor works on a photo, it often chops it into smaller chunks called tiles. Done carelessly, that creates…
Samsung Patents a More Efficient Way to Simulate Light on Chip Surfaces
Designing a modern computer chip requires predicting how light will behave on surfaces measured in nanometers. Samsung's new patent targets that prediction…
Samsung Patents a Way to Skip Redundant Math in Its AI Chips
AI image recognition involves millions of tiny multiplications, many of which produce a result of zero and accomplish nothing. Samsung's new patent…
Qualcomm Patent Automates 3D Texture Resolution Decisions Through Dicing Oracle Technology
Every time a GPU renders a 3D scene, it has to make constant guesses about how much texture detail to actually draw.…
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