GB2400938B - Method and apparatus for performing lazy byteswapping optimizations during program code conversion - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for performing lazy byteswapping optimizations during program code conversion

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GB2400938B
GB2400938B GB0320718A GB0320718A GB2400938B GB 2400938 B GB2400938 B GB 2400938B GB 0320718 A GB0320718 A GB 0320718A GB 0320718 A GB0320718 A GB 0320718A GB 2400938 B GB2400938 B GB 2400938B
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program code
code conversion
during program
optimizations during
lazy byteswapping
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William Owen Lovett
Alex Brown
Gavin Barraclough
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Transitive Ltd
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Transitive Ltd
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Priority to US10/735,402 priority Critical patent/US7200841B2/en
Priority to TW093111118A priority patent/TWI317504B/en
Priority to PCT/GB2004/001744 priority patent/WO2004095265A2/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/44—Arrangements for executing specific programs
    • G06F9/455—Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines
    • G06F9/45504—Abstract machines for programme code execution, e.g. Java virtual machine [JVM], interpreters, emulators
    • G06F9/45516—Runtime code conversion or optimisation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F8/00—Arrangements for software engineering
    • G06F8/40—Transformation of program code
    • G06F8/41—Compilation
    • G06F8/44—Encoding
    • G06F8/443—Optimisation
    • G06F8/4434—Reducing the memory space required by the program code
    • G06F8/4435—Detection or removal of dead or redundant code
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/38—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline, look ahead
    • G06F9/3836—Instruction issuing, e.g. dynamic instruction scheduling or out of order instruction execution
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/38—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline, look ahead
    • G06F9/3854—Instruction completion, e.g. retiring, committing or graduating
    • G06F9/3858—Result writeback, i.e. updating the architectural state or memory

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  • Devices For Executing Special Programs (AREA)
GB0320718A 2003-04-22 2003-09-04 Method and apparatus for performing lazy byteswapping optimizations during program code conversion Expired - Lifetime GB2400938B (en)

Priority Applications (3)

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US10/735,402 US7200841B2 (en) 2003-04-22 2003-12-12 Method and apparatus for performing lazy byteswapping optimizations during program code conversion
TW093111118A TWI317504B (en) 2003-04-22 2004-04-21 Method, apparatus and computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable code executable for performing lazy byteswapping optimizations during program code conversion
PCT/GB2004/001744 WO2004095265A2 (en) 2003-04-22 2004-04-22 Method and apparatus for performing lazy byteswapping optimizations during program code conversion

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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GBGB0309056.0A GB0309056D0 (en) 2003-04-22 2003-04-22 Block translation optimizations for program code conversion
GBGB0315164.4A GB0315164D0 (en) 2003-04-22 2003-06-30 Block translation optimizations for program code conversion

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GB0320718D0 GB0320718D0 (en) 2003-10-08
GB2400938A GB2400938A (en) 2004-10-27
GB2400938B true GB2400938B (en) 2005-07-06

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GB0322323A Expired - Lifetime GB2400939B (en) 2003-04-22 2003-09-24 Partial dead code elimination optimizations for program code conversion

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GB0322323D0 (en) 2003-10-22
GB2400937B (en) 2005-05-18
HK1066292A1 (en) 2005-03-18
GB2400937A (en) 2004-10-27
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HK1066290A1 (en) 2005-03-18
GB2400938A (en) 2004-10-27

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