Microsoft Patents a Way to Lock Down Security Settings Shared Between Chips
Modern processors are no longer single chips but collections of smaller chips talking to each other inside the same package. Microsoft has…
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IBM Patents a Precise New Switch to Link Quantum Computing Components More Reliably
Getting two quantum bits to talk to each other without accidentally disturbing everything around them is one of the hardest engineering problems…
Apple Patents a Central System That Keeps Inactive Components Informed and Current
Every time a chip inside your phone wakes up from a power-saving sleep, it has to figure out what it missed. Apple's…
Qualcomm Patents a Chip That Checks Its Own Memory While It's Idle
Your phone's chip sits idle for tiny fractions of every second. Qualcomm's new patent wants to use those quiet moments to check…
Samsung Patents a Flat Camera Lens That Sends Scrambled Light Directly to AI
Samsung is working on a camera system that replaces the curved glass stack inside your phone with a nearly flat chip-like lens,…
Samsung Patents a Fix for the GPS Signal Hiccups That Throw Off Your Location
GPS chips inside your phone are tracking more than just position, they're measuring the radio wave itself, down to fractions of a…
Apple Patents a Self-Monitoring Antenna System That Knows When to Switch Frequencies
Every phone has multiple antennas, and picking the wrong one at the wrong moment can destroy your call quality. Apple is filing…
Sony Patents a Detection System That Spots Changes by Counting Light Pulses in Time Slots
Most cameras capture everything and sort it out later. Sony's new patent describes a sensor circuit that only triggers when something in…
Microsoft Patents a Cooling System That Pushes Air Through Stacked Blocks in Three Directions
Cooling a modern chip is less like running a fan and more like solving a plumbing puzzle. Microsoft's new patent tries to…
Google Patents a Fix That Keeps Rich Photo Detail When Hardware Falls Short
Google is filing patents on a compression trick that lets its image processors handle richer, more detailed photos than those chips were…
Sony Patents a Power-Terminal Layout That Keeps Stacked Image Sensors From Degrading
Sony has filed a patent for a way to arrange the power connections inside a stacked image sensor so that the chip's…
Sony Patents a LiDAR Sensor That Catches Its Own Timing Errors
LiDAR sensors measure distance by timing how long a laser pulse takes to bounce back from an object, but if the internal…
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