ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,971, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Debug data communication system for multiple chips" was invented by Vui Yong Liew (Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia), Zhenyu Zhu (Folsom, Calif.), Mikal C. Hunsaker (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) and Wai Mun Ng (Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises a first semiconductor chip comprising a first communication controller to receive first debug data from a second semiconductor chip; a memory to store the first debug data from the second semiconductor chip and second debug data of the first semiconductor chip; and a second communication ...