ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,833, issued on May 12, was assigned to SiFive Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Flexible power management interface" was invented by Edward Mclellan (Holliston, Mass.) and Arjun Pal Chowdury (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for a flexible and selectable power management interface. The flexible and selectable power management interface can provide multiple power management interfaces which are selectable based on a selected processor IP core, a selected power management controller, and a variety of factors. The flexible and selectable power management interface can be a direct handshake hardwar...