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Virtual machine emulation in the memory space of a programmable processor

  • US 20040123290A1
  • Filed: 10/03/2003
  • Published: 06/24/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a device comprising a programmable processor with an associated physical memory space which stores native functions in a format determined by a hardware architecture of the processor, the improvement comprising a virtual machine concurrently emulated by the processor which executes virtual functions in a standardized format determined irrespective of the hardware architecture of the processor, wherein the execution of a selected virtual function by the virtual machine causes the processor to execute a corresponding native function, and wherein the corresponding native function is executed to evaluate concurrent execution of at least one other native function.

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