Dynamically adjusting operating frequency of a arithemetic processing device for predetermined applications based on power consumption of the memory in real time

An information processing apparatus comprising:na memory; anda processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process comprising:storing a setting information of operating frequencies of the arithmetic processing device in association with power consumption ranges of the memory;storing the setting information in which an operating frequency at which electric energy consumed by the arithmetic processing device is minimized during the execution of a predetermined application is associated with the power consumption of the memory when the corresponding application is executed by the arithmetic processing device;measuring power consumption of the memory during the execution of a predetermined application;determining an operating frequency of the arithmetic processing device corresponding to the power consumption measured at the measuring from the setting information for executing the predetermined application; andsetting the operating frequency of the arithmetic processing device to the operating frequency determined at the determining.

A method for controlling an information processing apparatus which includes an arithmetic processing device and a memory, the method comprising:nstoring a setting information of operating frequencies of the arithmetic processing device in association with power consumption ranges of the memory;storing the setting information in which operating frequency at which electric energy consumed by the arithmetic processing device is minimized during the execution of a predetermined application is associated with the power consumption of the memory when the corresponding application is executed by the arithmetic processing device:measuring a power consumption of the memory during the execution of a predetermined application;determining an operating frequency of the arithmetic processing device corresponding to the power consumption measured at the measuring from the setting information for executing the predetermined application; andchanging the operating frequency of the arithmetic processing device to the operating frequency determined at the determining.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing therein a controlling program, the control program causing a computer, which includes an arithmetic processing device and a memory, to execute a process comprising:nstoring a setting information of operating frequencies of the arithmetic processing device in association with power consumption ranges of the memory;storing the setting information in which an operating frequency at which electric energy consumed by the arithmetic processing device is minimized during the execution of a predetermined application is associated with the power consumption of the memory when the corresponding application is executed by the arithmetic processing device;measuring a power consumption of the memory during the execution of a predetermined application;determining an operating frequency of the arithmetic processing device corresponding to the power consumption measured at the measuring from the setting information for executing the predetermined application; andchanging the operating frequency of the arithmetic processing device to the operating frequency determined at the determining.