Computer system configured to translate a computer program into

Details Computer system configured to translate a computer program into Computer system configured to translate a computer program into

1996-02-23

1998-10-06

Teska, Kevin J.

395568, 395705, G06F 940

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058190678

ABSTRACT:
A computer system is provided which includes at least two microprocessors. The first microprocessor is configured to translate instructions from an original computer program coded in a first instruction set to a translated computer program coded in a second instruction set. The second microprocessor is configured to execute the translated program. In one particular embodiment, the original program is coded in the x86 instruction set and the translated program is coded in the ADSP 2171 instruction set. Instead of manually performing the translation, the translation is automatically performed by the computer system upon invocation of the original computer program. Those computer programs which may be more efficiently executed by the second microprocessor may be translated into the instruction set executed by the second microprocessor. In one embodiment, the translation of the computer program is performed in page-sized portions. The first microprocessor translates a first page of the original computer program. While the first microprocessor translates a second page of the original computer program, the second microprocessor begins execution of the first page of translated instructions.

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