Semiconductor device, data processing system, and semiconductor device control method

A data processing system comprising:

• a semiconductor device;
• and
• a memory that stores data of the semiconductor device,
• wherein the semiconductor device includes a computing module and a memory control module,
• wherein the computing module includes:
• an arithmetic processing section that performs arithmetic processing;
• and
• a compression section that compresses data indicative of the result of the arithmetic processing, and
• wherein the memory control module includes:
• an access section that writes the compressed data into the memory and reads the written data from the memory;
• and
• a decompression section that decompresses data read from the memory and outputs the decompressed data to the computing module.

A semiconductor device control method for a semiconductor device having a computing module and a memory control module, the semiconductor device control method comprising the steps of:

• performing, with the computing module, arithmetic processing;
• compressing, with the computing module, data indicative of the result of the arithmetic processing;
• writing, with the memory control module, the compressed data into a memory and reading the written data from the memory;
• and
• decompressing, with the memory control module, data read from the memory and outputting the decompressed data to the computing module.