Patent ID: 7149913
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of determining a clock frequency for a first electronic device and a clock frequency for a second electronic device, the first and second electronic devices being installed in a system with zero or more other electronic devices, the first electronic device being connected to a first bus and the second electronic device being connected to a second bus, the system being capable of executing an application program, the method comprising: storing, in a memory, information regarding the application program that may be used to determine power consumption and/or heat dissipation characteristics of the system when executing the application program; obtaining, from the memory, the information regarding the application program; selecting a first clock frequency for the first electronic device and a second clock frequency for the second electronic device, based at least on the information about the application program; generating a clock signal for the first electronic device in accordance with the selected first clock frequency; and generating a clock signal for the second electronic device in accordance with the selected second clock frequency.