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Host cell spatially aware emulation of a guest wild branch

US8301434B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 18, 2009
Grant dateOct 30, 2012
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/45554
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A instructions of a Guest program to be emulated by a Host computer occupy one or more Guest cells of Guest memory, each Guest cell having a corresponding Host cell in Host memory. The emulator selects a Host cell for emulating a Guest instruction. When the Host cell corresponds to a Guest cell other than a cell aligned with the beginning of the Guest instruction, a wild branch handling routine is executed.

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