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US 2006/0190514 A1Published application
Data processing apparatus
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsMasashi Hoshino, Masahiro Ohashi
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Abstract
A data processing apparatus comprises a plurality of calculating units connected each other in series, a plurality of memories connected in between the plurality of calculating units, and a control unit operable to determine a calculating unit, which performs calculation in a unit cycle, among the plurality of the calculating units. It is possible to reduce unnecessary power consumption in the data processing apparatus while completing processing in permissible processing time set by an application.
Claims18
A data processing apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of calculating units connected each other in series, each of said plurality of calculating units being operable to perform individually allotted calculation in a unit cycle;
- a plurality of memory units connected between said plurality of calculating units, in such a manner that each of said plurality of memory units and each of said plurality of calculating units are connected alternately;
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- a control unit operable to select a calculating unit to perform the individually allotted calculation in a certain unit cycle, among said plurality of calculating units.
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A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising:
- a plurality of calculating units connected each other in series, each of said plurality of calculating units being operable to perform individually allotted calculation in a unit cycle;
- a plurality of memory units connected between said plurality of calculating units, in such a manner that each of said plurality of memory units and each of said plurality of calculating units are connected alternately;
- and
- a control unit operable to select a calculating unit to perform the individually allotted calculation in a certain unit cycle, among said plurality of calculating units.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.