Intel Patent Predicts Device Interrupts to Reduce Processor Power Waste
Instead of keeping a processor on standby waiting for a device to call, Intel wants the chip to predict exactly when that…
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Intel Patents a CPU Trick That Skips Instructions It Already Knows the Answer To
Intel has filed a patent for a processor technique that spots when a chunk of a program loop produces the same result…
Intel Patents a Chip That Hides Its Own Secret-Scrambling Work from Attackers
Most security chips protect the data going in and out, but Intel's new patent focuses on something sneakier: hiding what the chip…
AMD Patents a Processor Trick That Cuts Steps From High-Volume Math
AMD has filed a patent for a processor technique that eliminates redundant steps when doing large-scale math, the kind of math that…
ATI Technologies Patents a Chip Power System That Adjusts Its Own Safety Buffer
Chips always keep a little extra voltage in reserve, just in case. ATI Technologies is filing a patent for a system that…
AMD Patents a Chip That Ignores AI Model Zeros to Cut Memory Use
A huge portion of the data inside a trained AI model is just zeros, and most chips process them anyway. Xilinx's new…
Xilinx Patents a Way to Fill Idle Chip Space During AI Calculations
Most AI chips waste a surprising amount of their own computing space every time they crunch numbers. Xilinx's new patent describes a…
AMD Patents a Faster Way for Chips to Handle AI's Favorite Number Format
AI models crunch through billions of numbers every second, and the format those numbers come in can make or break a chip's…
AMD Patents a Chip That Runs Two AI Systems in Sync to Score Similarities
AMD has patented a chip design that runs two neural networks in parallel, using identical weights at exactly the same moment, so…
Microsoft Patents a Way to Keep Chip Memory Stable During Speed Changes
Every time a processor speeds up or slows down to save power, its memory circuits have to follow along without corrupting data.…
Intel Patents Encryption That Blocks Unauthorized Programs From Reading Your Memory
Intel is patenting a technique that smuggles access-control information inside encrypted memory blocks, so a chip can verify who wrote a piece…
Sony Patent Filing Targets Noise Reduction in Stacked Three-Chip Camera Sensors
Most camera sensors are one flat chip doing everything at once. Sony's new patent describes splitting that job across three separate chips…
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