CHANGING THE EFFECTIVE EXECUTION RATE OF A COMPUTER APPLICATION PROGRAM

摘要

Methods and devices are described for changing the effective rate at which a computer application program is executed. In one aspect, one or more control signals are generated, and each control signal is handled as an interruption to the processing of the application program. The control signals cause the processor to suspend execution of the application program for one or more execution cycles and thereby change the effective rate at which the application program is executed.