Qualcomm Patents a Memory Chip That Picks Its Own AI Math Precision
What if your phone's memory could run AI calculations directly inside itself, and automatically dial up or down the math precision to…
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Samsung Patents a Camera Design That Separates Pixels Unevenly to Boost Low-Light Shots
Samsung is rethinking how camera pixels are physically separated from each other inside a sensor chip, using a design where groups of…
Qualcomm Patents a System for Tracking Visual Features Across Camera Frames
Knowing where an object was in one camera frame is useful. Knowing where it will appear in the next frame, before you…
Samsung Patent Targets Sub-Pixel Layout to Reduce Interference and Sharpen Displays
Every pixel on your phone screen is controlled by a tiny circuit, and Samsung has filed a patent that changes how the…
Intel Patents a Processor That Speeds Up AI by Simplifying Its Math
Intel is patenting a chip design that shrinks the numbers used in AI math down to just one or two bits each,…
Sony Patent Embeds Math Into Image Sensors to Shrink AI Cameras
Sony is working on an image sensor that can do arithmetic on its own, before any data ever leaves the chip. The…
Qualcomm Patents a Chip Package That Buries Power-Stabilizing Capacitors Closer to the Processor
Every processor needs a steady supply of electricity, and even tiny fluctuations can cause errors or slowdowns. Qualcomm's new patent describes a…
Nvidia Patents a White Balance System That Knows When to Trust Itself
Most cameras commit fully to their best guess about lighting color, even when that guess is shaky. Nvidia's new patent describes a…
Intel Patents Technology That Stops Graphics Chips Recalculating the Same Surface Twice
Every time a ray of light touches a see-through surface in a game, the GPU has to figure out how transparent that…
IBM Patents Technology That Warns Before Energy Storage Components Crash Power Infrastructure
Inside high-voltage electronics, a capacitor can silently degrade for months before it fails catastrophically. IBM's new patent proposes counting the tiny internal…
Intel Patents a Ray-Tracing Method That Learns From Past Hit Results
Every time a ray of light misses something in a 3D scene, that's wasted work. Intel's new patent describes a processor that…
Samsung Patents Earphone Charging Cables That Double as Data Lines
What if the wire charging your earbuds could also carry software updates, pairing info, or device status, all without adding an extra…
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