Patent ID: 8370556

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: a plurality of central processing units; a control unit; and a memory, wherein a first central processing unit of the plurality of central processing units is configured to issue an access request to the memory, and to wait for an acknowledge signal issued from the memory, wherein the control unit is configured to issue a first signal to the first central processing unit in place of the acknowledge signal from the memory when the memory has not issued the acknowledge signal for a predetermined period after the first central processing unit issues the access request, wherein the control unit is configured to save a CPUiD of the first central processing unit to which the first signal was issued, and wherein the first central processing unit is configured to cease waiting for receipt of the acknowledge signal upon receiving the first signal, and is configured to issue the access request accompanied with a first access address from a second access address accompanying the access request which the first central processing unit provides while awaiting receipt of the acknowledge signal.