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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); G06F 1/3225 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 1/3293 (2013.01); Y02B 60/121 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1228 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1282 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a memory control apparatus including a deciding unit deciding, among a first main storage apparatus that is a main storage apparatus with low power consumption and a second main storage apparatus with power consumption higher than the power consumption of the first main storage apparatus as memory devices of multiple CPU cores, whether the second main storage apparatus is capable of being suspended, and a power managing unit suppressing a power supplied to the second main storage apparatus and at least one of the multiple CPU cores in a case where the deciding unit decides that the second main storage apparatus is capable of being suspended.