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…
Intel Patents a GPU Memory System That Fetches Only the Texture Tiles a Scene Actually Needs
Every ray-traced frame asks a GPU to pull in enormous amounts of texture data, most of which never actually appears on screen.…
Sony Patents a Way to Compress 3D Scans Based on Their Own Detail Level
When you compress multiple 3D scans at once, treating them all the same wastes storage on low-detail data and degrades high-detail data.…
IBM Patents a Modular Architecture for Running Error-Free Quantum Programs
Quantum computers are famously error-prone, and that flaw has kept them out of serious use for decades. IBM's new patent describes an…
Nvidia Patents a System That Calibrates Sensors by Watching What They Detect
Keeping a camera or lidar sensor perfectly calibrated is tedious work that usually requires special targets and a technician. Nvidia's new patent…
Sony Patents an AI That Fuses Invisible Light Into Your Photos to Fix Them
Your camera can only see so much. Sony is patenting a system that uses invisible wavelengths of light, captured alongside a normal…
Sony Patents a System That Checks Its Own Soil Sensors for Interference
Soil sensors only work well if nothing is blocking them. Sony has filed a patent for a system that can tell, on…
Qualcomm Patents a Cover-Glass Fault Detector That Keeps XR Lasers Safe
The depth-sensing laser in an AR or VR headset sits millimeters from your eyes. Qualcomm has patented a way to detect a…
Sony Patents a Distance-Measuring Camera That Adjusts Itself to Changing Lighting Conditions
Depth sensors, the cameras that measure how far away things are, fall apart when the light changes. Sony is filing a patent…
Samsung Patents a Stepwise Power-Down System for Display Chips
Every time your phone's screen sits still, its display chip keeps running at full tilt -- wasting power. Samsung's new patent describes…
Samsung Patents a Fix for Mismatched Brightness Across Foldable Phone Screens
Foldable phones have a subtle problem most people notice but can't name: the two halves of the screen can look like they're…
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