US 12,277,423 B2
Processor control method and associated system-on-chip
Cheng-Chi Huang, Hsinchu (CN); Shu-Cheng Chou, Hsinchu (CN); and Yu-Hsiang Lin, Hsinchu (CN)
Assigned to SIGMASTAR TECHNOLOGY LTD., Fujian (CN)
Filed by SigmaStar Technology Ltd., Fujian (CN)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/184,107.
Claims priority of application No. 202211255768.4 (CN), filed on Oct. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0126559 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 9/441 (2013.01) [G06F 9/4418 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processor control method, comprising:
controlling a processor to execute a first operating system in a first state;
when the processor executing the first operating system satisfies a predetermined condition, controlling the processor to switch from the first state to a second state, wherein when switching the processor from the first state to the second state, the processor is first switched to a temporary state with super-high authority; and
controlling the processor to execute a second operating system in the second state, wherein an authority of the first state is higher than an authority of the second state.