Nvidia Patents a Matrix Multiply That Starts Before the Data Fully Arrives
Nvidia's latest patent tackles one of the most unglamorous bottlenecks in AI chip design: the processor sitting idle while it waits for…
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Nvidia Patents an API That Lets GPUs Load Only Part of a Matrix at a Time
Matrix multiplication is the backbone of almost every AI model — and Nvidia just filed a patent for a new programming interface…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Mix Compute and Graphics Work in the Same GPU Queue
Modern GPUs constantly juggle graphics rendering and general-purpose compute work — but traditionally those two types of tasks have lived in separate…
Nvidia Patents a GPU-Cluster Approach to Simulate Quantum Systems with Less Data Shuffling
Simulating quantum systems is one of the most computationally brutal tasks in science — and the biggest bottleneck isn't raw math, it's…
OpenAI Patents a Tiled Chip Architecture That Does AI Math Inside Memory
OpenAI is designing its own chip architecture — and it's built around a simple but powerful idea: do the math where the…
Samsung Patents an AI System That Cleans Up Distorted 5G Transmitter Signals
Every power amplifier in a 5G transmitter introduces distortion — and Samsung thinks a hybrid AI approach can correct it more precisely…
Samsung Patents a Flexible Circuit Board Built for Foldable Phone Hinges
Every foldable phone has a dirty secret: the hinge is a nightmare for circuit designers. Samsung's latest patent takes a careful structural…
Samsung Patents a Bitmap-Driven Circuit for Running Multiple Video Codecs at Once
Modern devices often need to encode video in several formats simultaneously — think H.264, H.265, and AV1 all at once. Samsung's new…
Samsung Patents Adaptive Touch Scanning That Ignores Screen Regions Your Palm Is Resting On
When you rest your palm on a tablet while writing with a stylus, the touch sensor is doing a lot of unnecessary…
Samsung Patents a Touch Electrode Layout That Places Gaps Near Connection Points
Samsung Display is rethinking where to put the empty spaces inside touchscreen electrodes — and the exact placement turns out to matter…
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