Samsung Patents a System That Picks Which Battery Powers Your Device Off
When you press the power button to shut down a device with multiple batteries, which battery actually handles that job? Samsung's new…
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Microsoft Patents a Hardware Trick That Skips Unnecessary Math in AI Models
Every time an AI model processes information, it does an enormous amount of multiplication, much of it involving zeros or near-zero values…
Sony Patents Screen Technology That Stops Harsh Eye Strain From Flickering Displays
Screen flicker is one of those things you might not consciously notice, but your eyes definitely do. Sony is patenting a way…
Intel Patents a Chip That Slims Down Software Brains Before Putting Them to Work
Intel wants to shrink AI models right inside the chip that manages server workloads, so they run faster and cheaper on the…
Sony Patents a System That Applies Your Hearing Aid Profile to Any Audio Device
Hearing aids are calibrated precisely for each person's hearing loss, but that personalization disappears the moment you pick up a pair of…
Xilinx Patents an On-Chip Data Bus That Confirms Message Delivery Order
When different parts of a chip send each other instructions, there's no guarantee the messages arrive in the right order. Xilinx's new…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Build 3D Scenes from Just Two Photos
Most 3D scene-reconstruction systems need dozens of photos taken from every angle. Qualcomm's new patent describes doing it with just two.
Samsung Patents a Navigation System That Stops Robots From Getting Stuck in Dead Ends
Every robot vacuum owner has watched their device bump helplessly in a corner for minutes on end. Samsung's new patent describes a…
Nvidia Patents a Rendering System That Remembers Which Lights Matter Most
Every frame in a ray-traced scene forces a GPU to guess which of hundreds of lights is worth calculating. Nvidia's new patent…
Google Patents a Chip Layout That Splits AI Work Across Shared Memory Tiles
Google has filed a patent for a custom chip architecture that lets multiple processing units share the same memory pool while running…
Xilinx Patents a Multi-Ring Light Modulator for Faster On-Chip Data Links
Xilinx has filed a patent for a new kind of optical modulator that uses multiple tiny light-bending rings wired together to push…
Intel Patent Lets Users Set a Custom Lifespan for Their Chips
What if you could tell your processor to last exactly five years, and it would adjust itself to do just that? That's…
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