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Method and apparatus for translating between source and target code

  • US 6,728,950 B2
  • Filed: 05/01/2001
  • Issued: 04/27/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for translating a source file for a source processing unit to a target file for a target Processing unit, the method comprising:

  • reading in a source instruction;

    matching an opcode of a source instruction to an opcode of a target instruction by comparing the source opcode to possible target opcodes;

    converting the operand of the source instruction by comparing the operand of the source instruction represented by a generic expression to the generic expression related to a target operand and combining the target opcode and the target operand to form a translated target instruction.

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