JUST-IN-TIME STATIC TRANSLATION SYSTEM FOR EMULATED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS

摘要

A computing system and method of executing a software program relate to translation of instructions for an emulated computing environment. The computing system includes a programmable circuit capable of executing native instructions of a first instruction set architecture and incapable of executing non-native instructions of a second instruction set architecture. The computing system also includes an emulator providing translation of non-native instructions into native instructions. The emulator operates within an interface layer and translates one or more non-native applications hosted within an emulated operating system for execution. The computing system further includes one or more translated memory banks defined at least in part by the emulated operating system and capable of native execution on the programmable circuit, where the emulated operating system is incapable of execution on the programmable circuit. The computing system further includes a linker configured to manage association of at least one of the one or more translated memory banks to the interface layer for native execution by the programmable circuit in place of a corresponding bank of non-native instructions.