ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,462, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to KIOXIA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Shinya Okuno (Yokohama, Japan), Shigeki Nagasaka (Kawasaki, Japan) and Toshiyuki Kouchi (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a memory circuit, a first FIFO, a second FIFO and an input/output circuit. The memory circuit outputs data. The first FIFO receives data from the memory circuit and outputs data synchronously with a first clock signal. The second FIFO receives data output from the first FIFO and outputs data synchronously with the first clock signal. The input/output circuit outputs data ...