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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2018
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kotaro Sakumura, Tokyo, JP;
Yasutaka Horikoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Tachibana, Tokyo, JP;
Keita Kashima, Tokyo, JP;
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A malfunction caused by sharp fluctuations in current is prevented while suppressing an increase in circuit size. A semiconductor device includes a plurality of modules. The semiconductor device includes: a table that stores a plurality of operating frequencies in each of the modules and a plurality of scores determined based on the operating frequencies such that the operating frequencies and the scores are associated with each other for each of the modules; a score specifying unit that acquires the clock operating frequencies of the modules and specifies the scores based on the clock operating frequencies with reference to the table; and an output unit that outputs an instruction to activate the modules at different times if the specified scores exceed a predetermined threshold value.