ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,241, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Pseudo-first in, first out (FIFO) tag line replacement" was invented by Sureshkumar Govindaraj (Irving, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided that includes searching tags in a tag group comprised in a tagged memory system for an available tag line during a clock cycle, wherein the tagged memory system includes a plurality of tag lines having respective tags and wherein the tags are divided into a plurality of non-overlapping tag groups, and searching tags in a next tag group of the plurality of tag groups for an available tag line during a n...