Xilinx Patents a Multi-Die Circuit That Gives Each Chip a Unique Hardware Fingerprint
Every chip coming off a factory line has tiny, random imperfections — and Xilinx wants to turn those imperfections into an uncloneable…
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Xilinx Patents a Parallel Compression System That Switches Between Speed and File-Size Modes
Compressing data faster usually means compressing it worse. Xilinx is filing a patent for a chip-level system that runs multiple compression engines…
AMD Patents a Compression Method That Makes Unpacking Data Faster by Design
AMD is patenting a way to make compressed data easier to unpack — not by improving the decompressor, but by quietly constraining…
AMD Patents a Way to Decode Video Using Built-In JPEG Hardware
AMD's chips already contain dedicated JPEG-decoding hardware — and a new patent describes a way to trick that existing hardware into decoding…
AMD Patents a Circuit That Locks GPU Memory Behind Per-Request Encryption Keys
AMD is filing patents on one of the trickiest problems in cloud computing: making sure the data your GPU processes stays encrypted…
New AMD Patent Tracks Gamer Emotions to Improve Gameplay
AMD has filed a patent for a system that watches your facial expressions and tracks your heart rate while you play, then…
AMD Patents a System That Learns Film Grain From Photos and Copies It Exactly
Film grain is one of those things that's easy to feel but surprisingly hard to fake. AMD has filed a patent for…
ATI Technologies Patents a Hardware System That Keeps Streaming Rights Locked Inside the Chip
Every streaming service has its own content-protection system, and right now keeping those systems from interfering with — or leaking into —…
Salesforce Patents a System That Trains AI to Catch Its Own Lies
AI systems that confidently state wrong facts are one of the biggest trust problems in enterprise software. Salesforce is patenting a method…
Salesforce Patents a Three-AI System That Writes, Reviews, and Fixes Its Own Automation Code
Salesforce is patenting a system where one AI writes a software workflow, a second AI audits it for logic errors, and a…
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