Nvidia Patents a Compiler-Driven System for Concurrent Task Pipeline Execution
Running software tasks one-at-a-time wastes GPU muscle. Nvidia's new patent describes a compiler-level system that identifies which parts of a program can…
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Nvidia Patents a GPU Memory Error Isolation System for Parallel Workloads
One bad memory cell on a GPU shouldn't crash every workload sharing that chip — but without careful fault isolation, it can.…
Nvidia Patents a Smarter Denoising Filter for Ray-Traced Shadows
Ray-traced shadows look stunning, but cleaning up their noise is expensive. Nvidia's patent describes a way to skip that cleanup work entirely…
Nvidia Patents a Stochastic Texture Filtering System for Faster, Sharper GPU Rendering
Nvidia wants to replace one of the oldest tricks in GPU texture rendering — weighted color blending — with something more elegant:…
Tesla Patents a Single-Wire System for Lit Buttons That Also Sense Touch
Tesla is trying to make illuminated buttons smarter and simpler — combining the LED power wire and the input-detection wire into a…
Amazon Patents a Frictionless Item-Return System for Physical Stores
Amazon is patenting a system that can automatically process item returns — or any item 'transition' — as you walk out of…
Samsung Patents a Vertical Transistor Design That Grows Its Own Channels
Samsung is filing patents on a vertical transistor architecture where the semiconductor channel material is grown directly out of the electrode beneath…
Samsung Patents Selective Metal Deposition Process for Memory Cell Transistors
Building a transistor inside a memory chip is a bit like trying to paint the inside of a thimble — precision is…
Samsung Patents a Stepped Isolation Layer Design for Next-Gen 3D Memory Chips
As memory chips get more densely packed, the walls that separate individual memory cell blocks have to do more work in less…
Samsung Patents a Hollow-Shaft Hinge Assembly for Foldable Devices
Samsung is patenting yet another hinge design — this time built around a hollow shaft with an inner rotating shaft connected to…
Nvidia Patents a Two-Stage AI Pipeline for Teaching Robots to Grab Objects
Getting a robot to reliably pick up an arbitrary object is one of the hardest unsolved problems in robotics — and Nvidia…
Apple Patents a Gain Curve System for Smarter HDR Image Sharing
Ever sent a photo that looked stunning on your iPhone but washed out or over-bright on someone else's screen? Apple's new patent…
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