Patent ID: 7600140

Claim:
A power changing apparatus configured to change operating voltages of plural programmable logic circuits when plural unit circuits are operated in a time-sharing manner using the programmable logic circuits, each of the programmable logic circuits having a circuit configuration that is reconfigurable during operation using each of circuit configuration data corresponding to each of the plural unit circuits, power changing apparatus comprising: an assigning unit configured to assign each of said plural unit circuits to each of said programmable logic circuits; an operation time measurer configured to measure operation times for each of said plural unit circuits; a first calculating unit configured to calculate first total operation times for each of said plural programmable logic circuits, each of the first total operation times corresponding to a sum of said operation times for each of said plural programmable logic circuits; an assignment changing unit configured to change air assignment of said plural unit circuits using said first total operation times; a second calculating unit configured to calculate second total operation times for each of said plural programmable logic circuits, each of the second total operation times corresponding to a sum of said operation times for each of said plural programmable logic circuits according to the changed assignment; a clock unit configured to find a frequency of a clock signal supplied to said plural programmable logic circuits using a maximum value of said second total operation times; an operating voltage unit configured to find operating voltages of said plural programmable logic circuits using said clock frequency; and an operating voltage changer configured to change the operating voltage of each of the programmable logic circuits and the frequency of the clock signal to the found operating voltage and the found frequency, respectively.