Patent ID: 8745426

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a task area unit as an area configured to execute a predetermined process; a power control unit configured to read the task area unit to execute the process and to supply power from a power source to the read task area unit; a control unit configured to execute the process in the task area unit to which the power is supplied by the power control unit; a plurality of task area units, wherein the power control unit is configured to supply the power to only the task area unit read from the process among the plurality of task area units; and a power control table configured to hold the plurality of task area units, a power supply status indicating whether or not each of the task area units is supplied with the power, and an upper limit of the number of the task area units simultaneously power-supplied, in association with each other, wherein the power control unit is configured to supply the power to only the task area units in the number determined with the upper limit of the number of the task area units.