Sony Patents a Method to Reduce Memory Demands When Shrinking Video Files
Sony has patented a way to shrink the memory footprint of video encoding by flipping image data before running the math, instead…
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SSDs, DRAM, and the constant fight to move data faster while losing less of it. These filings show where storage is headed years before products ship.
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Samsung Patents a Storage System That Automatically Corrects Its Own Data Retrieval Failures
Flash memory slowly drifts out of tune as it ages, causing read errors. Samsung's new patent describes a system that detects those…
Samsung Patents a Shared Battery System That Protects Storage Drives During Sudden Power Loss
When a server loses power mid-write, data corruption is almost guaranteed. Samsung is patenting a smarter backup system that routes emergency battery…
Samsung Patents a Way for Storage Drives to Report Their Own Data Status
When your computer asks a storage drive what's going on with a piece of data, today's drives often give a vague answer.…
Samsung Patents a Memory Module That Moves Its Own Data Between Servers
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Samsung Patents a Fix for Storage Drives That Run Out of Instructions to Process
When a storage drive's command queue fills up, work stalls. Samsung's new patent describes a way to sidestep that ceiling without redesigning…
Samsung Patents a Faster Storage Method That Prevents Database Slowdowns
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Sony Patents a Way to Compress 3D Scans Based on Their Own Detail Level
When you compress multiple 3D scans at once, treating them all the same wastes storage on low-detail data and degrades high-detail data.…
Sony Patents a LiDAR Sensor That Recovers Faster After a Blinding Flash of Light
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Apple Patents a Light-Based Memory System for High-Powered Computing
Apple is filing patents on memory systems that route data using light instead of electricity, a shift that could matter enormously as…
Samsung Patents Technology to Stop Storage Drives From Overheating During Heavy Data Saves
Every time your SSD rewrites old data to make room for new data, it burns extra power you never asked for. Samsung…
Qualcomm Patent Targets Cache-Efficient Memory Allocation for VR Reprojection Pipelines
When a VR headset can't render fast enough, it cheats by stretching and repositioning old frames. Qualcomm's new patent is about making…
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