Samsung Patents Per-Host Encryption for Shared CXL Memory Devices
When multiple servers share the same pool of memory — a growing trend in modern data centers — how do you stop…
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IBM Patents a Parallelizable Simulator for Dynamic Quantum Circuits
Running a quantum circuit simulation is slow and expensive — IBM's new patent tries to fix that by pre-computing and storing wave…
Qualcomm Patents RF Sensing System That Triggers Camera Actions Automatically
Qualcomm wants your device to use radio waves — not just its camera — to know when something is about to enter…
Sony Patents a Multi-Analog-Stick Input System That Picks a Lead Stick When All Are Idle
Sony is exploring controllers with more than two analog sticks — and this patent solves a surprisingly thorny problem: what should the…
Sony Patents a Vertex-Pairing System to Fix 3D Mesh Encoding Seams
When you compress a 3D model by slicing it into patches, the edges where those patches meet can fall apart at decode…
Sony Patents a Two-Layer Stacked Chip for Compact LiDAR Distance Sensing
Sony Semiconductor is trying to shrink a LiDAR sensor down to a two-layer silicon sandwich — putting the laser emitter and light…
Sony Patents a Tile-Based Hierarchical Map System for Real-Time 3D Streaming
Sony is patenting a system that breaks 3D scene data into tiles and resolution layers, streaming only the pieces your current viewpoint…
Sony Patents a Shared Logical Address System to Speed Up Console Boot Loading
Sony is patenting a way to make your console's secondary processor pre-load downloaded data in the background — using the exact same…
Sony Patents a Controller That Logs You Into Your Console Using Your Phone
Sony is exploring a login system where your PlayStation controller detects that your phone is nearby and automatically handles the sign-in —…
Sony Patents a Floor-Card-Reading Toy That Teaches Kids to Program
Sony Interactive Entertainment is patenting a toy vehicle that drives over physical cards laid on the floor — each card encoding a…
Sony Files Patent for a System That Remembers Your Speaker Layout
Sony Interactive Entertainment has patented a way for an information processing system — almost certainly a game console or cloud gaming service…
AMD Patents a Real-Time Debugger That Freezes GPU Partition Switching
Debugging a GPU that's simultaneously serving multiple virtual machines is a bit like trying to read a spinning roulette wheel — AMD's…
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