Qualcomm Patent Splits Graphics Chip Work Across Current and Future Frames
What if a graphics chip could do less work by preparing multiple versions of each frame ahead of time, then just picking…
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Sony Patents Camera Chip Technology That Reduces Digital Noise in Photos
Sony is working on a way to clean up noisy image signals right inside the camera sensor chip, before any dedicated image…
Nvidia Patents a Fast Way to Catch When Multiple Sensors Fall Out of Step
When a self-driving car's cameras and radar stop agreeing on what time it is, the results can be dangerous. Nvidia's new patent…
Sony Patents a Way to Keep Holograms Sharp at Any Depth
Holograms look amazing in movies, but real ones fall apart the moment you try to project them at different depths. Sony's new…
QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION
Quantum computers make errors constantly, and fixing them fast enough to be useful is one of the hardest problems in computing. Google's…
Amazon Patents a System for Splitting Work Between Quantum and Regular Computers
Running a quantum algorithm today means stitching together two completely different kinds of computers by hand. Amazon wants to make that handoff…
OpenAI Patents a Chip That Handles Precise Calculations Without Slowing Down
OpenAI has filed a patent for a chip architecture that can handle different types of math, decimal-style and whole-number, inside the same…
Nvidia Patents a Technique That Cuts Delay When Cameras Process Video
Nvidia wants the chip that processes your camera footage to start working before an entire frame has even arrived, cutting the delay…
Nvidia Patents a Two-Processor System That Stops Games From Freezing Mid-Task
When a graphics processor finishes its work, something still has to clean up after it, and right now, that cleanup can stall…
Sony Patents a Parallel Image Compression Method That Keeps Encoding Threads in Sync
Compressing an image quickly usually means doing several things at once, but doing several things at once usually means they fall out…
Sony Patent Targets Noise Reduction Through Geometric Pixel Circuit Layout in Camera Sensors
Every camera sensor has a noise problem baked into its silicon, and Sony's latest patent targets that problem at the transistor level,…
Nvidia Patents Faster Software for Building the Hidden Geometry Behind 3D Characters
Every 3D object on screen is secretly a web of triangles, and figuring out how those triangles connect to each other is…
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