ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,991, issued on July 22, was assigned to Realtek Semiconductor Corp. (HsinChu, Taiwan).

"Multi-cluster system and multi-cluster system control method" was invented by Chang-Hsien Tai (HsinChu, Taiwan) and Yun-Ru Huang (HsinChu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-cluster system, comprising: a first cluster, comprising a first processor and a second processor; a second cluster, comprising a third processor and a fourth processor; and a storage system, comprising a first storage device comprising a first port and a second port. The first processor is coupled to the first port of the first storage device and the third processor...