ATI Technologies Patents a Fix for Misaligned Isometric Game Images
AI image generators are great at creating game art, but terrible at making sure every tile lines up at the same angle.…
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AMD Patents a System That Auto-Compresses Data When AI Chips Share Too Much at Once
When dozens of AI chips need to share data simultaneously, mismatched data sizes can stall the whole operation. Xilinx's new patent describes…
AMD Patents a Way to Stop Its Ray Tracing Hardware From Asking for the Same Data Twice
When thousands of rays hit the same surface at the same time, AMD's graphics hardware can end up asking for the exact…
AMD Patents a Graphics Chip Memory System That Only Loads What It Needs
AMD has filed a patent for a graphics memory technique that lets the GPU claim address space on paper without actually consuming…
IBM Patents a Fix for Processors That Repeatedly Block Competing Tasks From Running
When one processor core keeps grabbing a shared memory location and refusing to let go, every other core waiting in line grinds…
Samsung Patents an Image Sensor With Different-Height Walls Between Pixels
The tiny walls between pixels on a camera sensor are usually the same height everywhere. Samsung's new patent argues they shouldn't be.
Sony Patents a Joystick Cap That Can't Be Put On Crooked
If you've ever snapped a thumbstick cap onto an analog stick and noticed the arrow or texture is pointing the wrong way,…
Samsung Patents a Stovetop That Checks In With Other Home Devices While Idle
Samsung's latest patent describes an induction cooktop that doesn't fully switch off when you're done cooking. Instead, it checks in with other…
Samsung Patents a System That Splits Audio Across Your Devices Automatically
Instead of playing the same audio on every speaker in the room, Samsung's new patent describes a system that carves a single…
Microsoft Patents a Mechanical System That Keeps Foldable Screens From Creasing When You Fold Them
Folding a screen sounds simple, but the physics of bending a rigid display around a hinge without wrinkling or cracking it is…
New Apple Patent Detects Safe vs Dangerous Metal Heating in Wireless Charging
Every wireless charger loses some energy to heat in nearby metal, and that's normal. The hard part is telling that normal heat…
Intel Patents a Wi-Fi Scanner That Slows Down When You Walk Away
Your laptop is constantly scanning for nearby Wi-Fi networks and Bluetooth devices, even when you're not in the room. Intel wants to…
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