Microsoft Patents a Hybrid System That Uses Quantum Computers to Pick the Best Physics Solver
Microsoft's new patent describes a setup where a classical computer tries several approaches to a hard physics problem, then hands them all…
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Google Patent Filing Targets Memory Efficiency in Lens Distortion Correction Systems
Every time your phone straightens a fisheye photo or corrects the curved edges from a wide-angle lens, it's doing a surprising amount…
Apple Patents a Trackpad That Moves Its Haptic Motor Off to the Side
Apple's trackpads don't actually click down mechanically anymore, they fake it with a tiny vibration motor. This patent moves that motor out…
Samsung Patents a Storage Drive That Reorganizes Itself When Performance Slips
Most storage drives are set up once and never touch their own internal layout again. Samsung is patenting a drive that watches…
Nvidia Patent: AI Selects Chip Interconnect Speed to Reduce Power Consumption
The cable connecting your GPU to your CPU burns power even when your computer isn't doing much. Nvidia wants a neural network…
Meta Patents a Battery Pack That Guides Itself Into Place
Swapping a battery in a small device is one of those things that sounds easy until you're fumbling to line up tiny…
Apple Patents a Welded Internal Grounding System for Its Devices
Apple has filed a patent for a very specific way of connecting the inside of a device's frame to its main circuit…
Qualcomm Patent Targets Quieter IC Power Delivery Through RDL-Embedded Capacitors
Every processor needs a steady supply of electricity, but the longer the wires carrying that power, the noisier and less stable it…
Sony Patents a 3D Scanner That Does a Rough Pass Before the Real One
Sony is patenting a way to make 3D scanning faster and more precise by doing a rough draft scan first, then using…
Sony's New Patent Bakes a Proof-of-Authenticity Link Into Every Photo at the Moment It's Taken
As AI-generated images flood the internet, Sony is filing patents for a way to give every camera-captured photo its own built-in proof…
Sony Patents a Way to Stop AI Chips from Running Out of Room Mid-Calculation
Running AI on a small chip is a constant tug-of-war between speed and memory. Sony has a new patent that tries to…
Microsoft's New Patent Teaches Depth Cameras to Stop Confusing Near and Far Objects
Time-of-flight cameras measure distance by timing how long a pulse of light takes to bounce back, but they have a fundamental quirk:…
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