Patent ID: 6535985
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus comprising:an information inputting section operable to input information external to the information processing apparatus; a first processing section; and a second processing section, wherein: the first processing section is operable to operate in accordance with a first clock having a first frequency, the second processing section has an operation state and a stop state, in the operation state the second processing section operates in accordance with a second clock having a second frequency which is higher than the first frequency, in the stop state the second processing section stops operating in accordance with the second clock, the first processing section is operable, when the second processing section is in the stop state, to process the information inputted by the information inputting section and provide to the second processing section, if the first processing section is unable to process at least part of the information, an output for initiating the second processing section and the at least part of the information that the first processing section is unable to process, the second processing section in the stop state is operable to make a transition from the stop state to the operation state based on the output for initiating the second processing section output from the first processing section, and the second processing section in the operation state is operable to perform a predetermined process based on the at least part of the information output from the first processing section.