US Patent Issued to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES on Sept. 23 for "Move data and set storage key based on key function control" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,451, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Move data and set storage key based on key function control" was invented by Timothy Slegel (Staatsburg, N.Y.) and Elpida Tzortzatos (Lagrangeville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single architected instruction to perform multiple functions is executed. The executing includes performing a first function of the multiple functions and a second function of the multiple functions. The first function includes moving a block of data from one location to another location, and the second function includes setting one portion of a storage k...