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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a CPU which raises processing speed, and also realizes low power consumption simultaneously in a CPU mounted with a cache memory. SOLUTION: In a CPU mounted with multiple sets of associative cache memory, the CPU is provided which has a means to monitor a cache memory area which does not contribute to improvement of processing performance of the CPU and can dynamically change it into an idle state according to the operating status. The CPU of high performance and low power consumption can be provided with such a configuration. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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