Apple Patents a Ceramic Cover Layer for Foldable Phone Screens
Ceramic is famously hard and brittle, the opposite of what you want in a phone that folds in half. Apple is working…
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Samsung Patents a Way to Block Electrical Interference Inside Touchscreens
Every touchscreen hides a web of tiny wires routing signals from your fingertip to the processor, and those wires can pick up…
Samsung Patents Chip That Automatically Translates Memory Requests Into the Right Commands
Samsung has filed a patent for a memory architecture where the controller, not the main processor, figures out exactly how to talk…
Google Patents a Dedicated Chip Component to Speed Up AI Math Calculations
Google is patenting a small but specialized piece of chip architecture whose only job is to figure out which part of a…
Samsung Patents a Fix That Stops Background Tasks From Making Screens Stutter
Every time your TV or phone freezes mid-animation, there's a good chance a background process is hogging a resource the display needs.…
Microsoft Patents a Chip That Loads AI Model Data Before It Is Required
Microsoft has filed a patent for a dedicated coprocessor that tries to predict, in advance, which chunks of an AI language model…
Samsung Patents a Hinge That Keeps Both Foldable Screens Crease-Free and Aligned
Folding a phone sounds simple, but getting two separate display panels to bend without creasing or buckling requires a hinge that does…
Samsung Patents a Dual-Screen Device Where the Gap Between Two Displays Is the Feature
Samsung is exploring a device that sandwiches two screens together, then mechanically slides them apart or closer to change how the combined…
Samsung Patents a Way to Route Internal Device Signals Through the Stylus Sensor Layer
Samsung wants the thin grid of coils that senses your stylus to do a second job: carry electrical signals between the processor…
Intel Patents a Plug-In Device That Gives Any Laptop Mobile Broadband
Intel has patented a small dongle that plugs into any USB-C port and instantly gives a laptop cellular internet access, no built-in…
Intel Patents a Way to Split AI Model Memory Across Two Chip Types at Runtime
Running a large AI model on a single device means constantly fighting over memory. Intel's new patent describes a system that automatically…
Qualcomm Patents a Chip That Activates Find-My Tracking the Moment Your VR Headset Goes to Sleep
Qualcomm wants the chip inside your XR headset to switch into tracking mode the instant you stop using it, without you having…
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