COMPUTER SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH POWER MANAGEMENT FUNCTION OF HARDWARE CONTROL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a computer system provided with a power management function of hardware control.

SOLUTION: A pipelined data processor with instruction-initiated power management control in which a plurality of subcircuits, including a pipeline subcircuit and a circuit for generating and controlling at least one clock signal respond to at least one control signal by selectively disabling a clock signal to the pipeline subcircuit.

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