Data processing apparatus and method

A data processing method comprising:

• storing, for each device that executes data processing assigned to itself, pieces of configuration data defining respective logic circuits that demonstrate different processing performances when the logic circuits are configured onto the devices, respectively;
• configuring a combination of the logic circuits onto the devices by reading a piece of the configuration data for each device, from among the pieces of the configuration data stored in the storing, and inputting the read pieces of the configuration data to the devices, respectively;
• measuring total power consumption required at a time of execution of the data processing by the devices onto which the logic circuits are configured in the configuring;
• and
• determining, from among combinations of the logic circuits configured in the configuring, a combination in which an actually measured value of the total power consumption measured in the measuring falls within a predetermined target value of the total power consumption and which demonstrates optimum processing performance as the logic circuits to be configured onto the devices at a time of actual execution of the data processing.

A computer readable storage medium containing instructions that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform:

• storing, for each device that executes data processing assigned to itself, pieces of configuration data defining respective logic circuits that demonstrate different processing performances when the logic circuits are configured onto the devices, respectively;
• configuring a combination of the logic circuits onto the devices by reading a piece of the configuration data for each device, from among the pieces of the configuration data stored in the storing, and inputting the read pieces of the configuration data to the devices, respectively;
• measuring total power consumption required at a time of execution of the data processing by the devices onto which the logic circuits are configured in the configuring;
• and
• determining, from among combinations of the logic circuits configured in the configuring, a combination in which an actually measured value of the total power consumption measured in the measuring falls within a predetermined target value of the total power consumption and which demonstrates optimum processing performance as the logic circuits to be configured onto the devices at a time of actual execution of the data processing.