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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2011
Takao Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Shinji Ozaki, Osaka, JP;
Masahide Kakeda, Ibaraki, JP;
Masaitsu Nakajima, Osaka, JP;
Takao Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Shinji Ozaki, Osaka, JP;
Masahide Kakeda, Ibaraki, JP;
Masaitsu Nakajima, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A processor apparatus according to the present invention is a processor apparatus which shares hardware resources between a plurality of processors, and includes: a first determination unit which determines whether or not a register in each of the hardware resources holds extension context data of a program that is currently executed; a second determination unit which determines to which processor the extension context data in the hardware resource corresponds; a first transfer unit which saves and restores the extension context data between programs in the processor; and a second transfer unit which saves and restores the extension context data between programs between different processors.