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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ATI Technologies Patents an AI That Picks Its Own Waypoints for Game Characters
Getting a video game character from point A to point B without it walking into a wall, clipping through furniture, or taking…
AMD Patent Reveals How Borrowed Math Hardware Could Cut Ray Tracing Costs
Ray tracing is one of the most demanding things a GPU can do, and AMD thinks it found a way to speed…
AMD Patents a Chip That Picks Its Own Math Engine Based on AI Number Formats
AI models chew through matrix math constantly, and the 'precision' of those numbers, how many decimal places you keep, is a major…
Nvidia Patent Reveals Hardware Trick for Faster Complex 3D Environment Rendering
Ray tracing makes 3D graphics look realistic, but building the invisible maps that make it work fast is expensive. Nvidia's latest patent…
AMD Patents a System That Auto-Compresses Data When AI Chips Share Too Much at Once
When dozens of AI chips need to share data simultaneously, mismatched data sizes can stall the whole operation. Xilinx's new patent describes…
AMD Patents a Way to Stop Its Ray Tracing Hardware From Asking for the Same Data Twice
When thousands of rays hit the same surface at the same time, AMD's graphics hardware can end up asking for the exact…
AMD Patents a Graphics Chip Memory System That Only Loads What It Needs
AMD has filed a patent for a graphics memory technique that lets the GPU claim address space on paper without actually consuming…
IBM Patents a Fix for Processors That Repeatedly Block Competing Tasks From Running
When one processor core keeps grabbing a shared memory location and refusing to let go, every other core waiting in line grinds…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Reduces the Number of Wireless Chip Tests Needed
Every radio chip in your phone has to be individually tested and tuned before it ships. Qualcomm thinks machine learning can do…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Run AI Calculations Inside the Memory Chip Itself
One of the biggest drags on AI performance is simply moving numbers back and forth between memory and a processor. Qualcomm's latest…
Samsung Patents a Chip That Works Harder to Fix Weak Cellular Signals
Samsung's latest patent describes a modem chip that measures the quality of the wireless signal it's receiving and then decides how much…
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