ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,488, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to RENESAS ELECTRONICS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Processor and compiler" was invented by Takao Toi (Tokyo), Kengo Nishino (Tokyo) and Daigo Hayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When a counter circuit that repeatedly counts a loop variable, an accumulator variable, or the like is configured by a programmable device, a processing delay occurs. The processor comprises an array of programmable logic and at least one dedicated counter circuit for counting variables that are repeatedly modified."

The patent was filed on June 12, 2023, under Application No. 18/333,025.

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