ATI Technologies Patents a Display System That Dims Each Screen Zone Separately
Most screens light up as one big slab, even when three-quarters of the image is pitch black. ATI Technologies has filed a…
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AMD Patents a Battery-Saving Way to Hand Audio Processing Off to a Dedicated Chip
Every time your PC plays audio, the main processor wakes up to handle it, burning battery in the process. AMD's new patent…
Apple Patents a Curved Glass Cover That's Tougher on Both Sides Differently
Apple is working on a way to chemically treat curved glass covers so that the inside and outside surfaces are hardened in…
Apple Patents a Chip That Learns Memory Patterns to Fetch Data Faster
Every time your iPhone or Mac app stumbles while loading data, the chip is playing catch-up. Apple's new patent describes a memory…
Samsung Patents a Shoulder Camera That Follows Your Arm Without Any Motors
Samsung is working on a camera mount that sits on your shoulder and repositions itself purely by following your arm movements, no…
Samsung Patents a Dual-Glass Screen Cover Designed to Bend Without Breaking
Glass and folding have never been a comfortable pairing, but Samsung is filing patents for a screen cover that layers two sheets…
Samsung Patents a Magnetic Tagging System That Triggers Device Actions Automatically
Imagine your phone or tablet knowing exactly which case, stylus, or accessory you've attached, without Bluetooth pairing or any buttons, just by…
Samsung Patents a System That Connects New Hardware Using a Simple Setup Document
Every time an engineer plugs a new piece of hardware into a system, someone has to write custom software to talk to…
Samsung Patents a System That Routes Tasks Away from Worn-Out Chips
Every chip in your phone gradually wears out, but they don't all wear out at the same rate. Samsung's new patent describes…
AMD Patents a System That Alerts Developers When Programs Access Forbidden Memory
Tracking down bugs in GPU code is notoriously painful, partly because the hardware offers almost no built-in tools to tell you when…
AMD Patents a Faster Way to Wrap 3D Objects for Ray Tracing
Every ray-traced image you see depends on millions of invisible boxes drawn around 3D objects. AMD has filed a patent for a…
ATI Technologies Patents an AI That Picks Its Own Waypoints for Game Characters
Getting a video game character from point A to point B without it walking into a wall, clipping through furniture, or taking…
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