Amazon Patents a Way to Shrink AI Tensor Data Before It Hits Memory
Every time a neural network passes data between layers, it has to write that data to memory — and memory bandwidth is…
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Every time a neural network passes data between layers, it has to write that data to memory — and memory bandwidth is…
What if your GPU could catch its own mistakes before you ever see a corrupted frame? Samsung is patenting a pipeline that…
Samsung is patenting a screen that can display both a flat 2D image and a glasses-free 3D version of the exact same…
When a rollable phone physically extends its screen, the display is doing something genuinely unusual — and Samsung has a specific plan…
Samsung's new patent teaches a robot to ease off its brakes mid-stop — cutting motor power once it's already coasting to a…
Samsung is patenting a system where a display's image update speed is directly tied to whether the device's radio is on or…
Sliding-screen phones are a nightmare for antenna engineers — the frame physically changes shape as you extend the display. Samsung's new patent…
Samsung is patenting a way to make images look better on-screen by figuring out which objects in a scene are closest to…
Your earbuds can't tell when they're sitting crooked in your ear — but Samsung is patenting a system that can, and automatically…
What if you handed one earbud to a friend for a quick translation session or interview — and your phone automatically knew…
Most robots go blind when something blocks their sensors. Samsung's new patent describes a robot that solves that problem by picking up…
Glass and folding don't naturally get along — but Samsung may have found a way to make them work together by literally…
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