An electronic device for data processing may include p synchronous processor
cores
each respectively clocked by one of p clock signals all having a same period T
and being phase-shifted by 2/p relative to one other. The electronic device
may further include a single access shared memory with an access time less than
or equal to T/p. The memory may be clocked by an access signal with a period T/p
and that is synchronous with the clock signals. The processors cores may sequentially
and cyclically access the memory at consecutive intervals spaced apart in time
with a period equal to T/p. The electronic device is particularly well suited for
use in audio processors of digital versatile disk (DVD) decoders, for example.