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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshimichi Matsuzaki, Mino, JP;
Masashi Deguchi, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395750 ; 395550 ; 3642328 ; 364270 ; 3642731 ; 3642732 ; 364D / ;
Abstract
A microprocessor which reduces power consumption by monitoring the operating status of a plurality of operating units in the microprocessor to extract the unit which is recently most infrequently used to change the frequency of the operating clock supplied thereto in steps.