Samsung Patents a System That Routes Tasks Away from Worn-Out Chips
Every chip in your phone gradually wears out, but they don't all wear out at the same rate. Samsung's new patent describes…
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AMD Patents a System That Alerts Developers When Programs Access Forbidden Memory
Tracking down bugs in GPU code is notoriously painful, partly because the hardware offers almost no built-in tools to tell you when…
AMD Patents a Faster Way to Wrap 3D Objects for Ray Tracing
Every ray-traced image you see depends on millions of invisible boxes drawn around 3D objects. AMD has filed a patent for a…
ATI Technologies Patents an AI That Picks Its Own Waypoints for Game Characters
Getting a video game character from point A to point B without it walking into a wall, clipping through furniture, or taking…
AMD Patent Reveals How Borrowed Math Hardware Could Cut Ray Tracing Costs
Ray tracing is one of the most demanding things a GPU can do, and AMD thinks it found a way to speed…
Salesforce Patents Drop-In Video Sessions That Launch Directly From a Chat Channel
Salesforce is patenting a way to start a live video session from inside a chat channel with a single tap, no calendar…
AMD Patents a Chip That Picks Its Own Math Engine Based on AI Number Formats
AI models chew through matrix math constantly, and the 'precision' of those numbers, how many decimal places you keep, is a major…
AMD Patents Software That Teaches Computers to Run Programs in Smarter Order
Every time your computer runs a program, a compiler has to decide the exact order in which thousands of tiny instructions get…
AMD Patents an Image-Resizing System That Adjusts Its Method Based on Visual Complexity
Not every image needs the same amount of care when you shrink it down for an AI model. AMD's new patent proposes…
Sony Patent Reveals Plans for a Customizable Shortcut Button on VR Headsets
Sony is patenting a VR headset with a dedicated button on the bottom of the visor that you can reprogram to do…
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