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Methods and devices for treating and processing data

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  • US 9,075,605 B2
  • Filed: 10/17/2012
  • Issued: 07/07/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for operating a multiprocessor system comprising a plurality of data processing cells, each of the plurality of data processing units (a) including at least one Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) and a register unit and (b) being adapted for sequentially processing data, the method comprising:

  • the multiprocessor system setting a clock frequency, of at least a part of the multiprocessor system to a minimum in accordance with a number of pending operations of a first processor;

    the multiprocessor system subsequently increasing the clock frequency of the at least the part of the multiprocessor system to a maximum in accordance with a number of pending operations of a second processor; and

    the multiprocessor system subsequently reducing the clock frequency of the at least the part of the multiprocessor system in accordance with (a) an operating temperature threshold preventing over-temperature and (b) a hysteresis characteristic.

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