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Title:
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011014155
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an information processing apparatus that has a plurality of processors and can switch a processor for performing an information process in accordance with the temperature of the processor.

The information processing apparatus includes: an iGPU 23 as a first processor; a dGPU 24 as a second processor whose display control processing capability and power consumption are higher than those of the iGPU 23; a temperature monitoring unit 32 configured to acquire an operating temperature of the dGPU 24; and a processor switching control unit configured to perform, when the operating temperature of the dGPU 24 is equal to or higher than a given temperature, stopping an operation of the dGPU 24, causing the iGPU 23 to perform a display control process, and prohibiting the operation of the dGPU 24.


Inventors:
SONOBE SO
Application Number:
JP2010189691A
Publication Date:
January 20, 2011
Filing Date:
August 26, 2010
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOSHIBA CORP
International Classes:
G06F1/00; G06F1/20; G06F1/26; G09G5/00; G09G5/377
Domestic Patent References:
JP2007148952A2007-06-14
JP2007179225A2007-07-12
JP2003256080A2003-09-10
JP2004302996A2004-10-28
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hisashi Hatano
Shunguchi Sekiguchi
Akio Saruwatari
Osamu Kawamura