Abstract: The performance of a video game is analyzed using non-intrusive capture and storage of game data. A non-linear capture format is used for capturing run-time game data. The run-time game data includes run-time parameters associated with execution of an application code as well as run-time parameters associated with hardware of a game platform upon which the application code is being executed. The captured data is stored in a storage medium using a non-contiguous storage format.

Abstract: A method for dynamic recompilation of source software instructions for execution by a target processor, which considers not only the specific source instructions, but also the intent and purpose of the instructions, to translate and optimize a set of equivalent code for the target processor. The dynamic recompiler determines what the source operation code is trying to accomplish and the optimum way of doing it at the target processor, in an “interpolative” and context sensitive fashion. The source instructions are processed in blocks of varying sizes by the dynamic recompiler, which considers the instructions that come before and after a current instruction to determine the most efficient approach out of several available approaches for encoding the operation code for the target processor to perform the equivalent tasks specified by the source instructions. The dynamic compiler comprises a decoding stage, an optimization stage and an encoding stage.

Abstract: A method for dynamic recompilation of source software instructions for execution by a target processor, which considers not only the specific source instructions, but also the intent and purpose of the instructions, to translate and optimize a set of equivalent code for the target processor. The dynamic recompiler determines what the source operation code is trying to accomplish and the optimum way of doing it at the target processor, in an “interpolative” and context sensitive fashion. The source instructions are processed in blocks of varying sizes by the dynamic recompiler, which considers the instructions that come before and after a current instruction to determine the most efficient approach out of several available approaches for encoding the operation code for the target processor to perform the equivalent tasks specified by the source instructions. The dynamic compiler comprises a decoding stage, an optimization stage and an encoding stage.

Abstract: A method for dynamic recompilation of source software instructions for execution by a target processor, which considers not only the specific source instructions, but also the intent and purpose of the instructions, to translate and optimize a set of equivalent code for the target processor. The dynamic recompiler determines what the source operation code is trying to accomplish and the optimum way of doing it at the target processor, in an “interpolative” and context sensitive fashion. The source instructions are processed in blocks of varying sizes by the dynamic recompiler, which considers the instructions that come before and after a current instruction to determine the most efficient approach out of several available approaches for encoding the operation code for the target processor to perform the equivalent tasks specified by the source instructions. The dynamic compiler comprises a decoding stage, an optimization stage and an encoding stage.

Abstract: The performance of a video game is analyzed using non-intrusive capture and storage of game data. A non-linear capture format is used for capturing run-time game data. The run-time game data includes run-time parameters associated with execution of an application code as well as run-time parameters associated with hardware of a game platform upon which the application code is being executed. The captured data is stored in a storage medium using a non-contiguous storage format.

Abstract: A method for dynamic recompilation of source software instructions for execution by a target processor, which considers not only the specific source instructions, but also the intent and purpose of the instructions, to translate and optimize a set of equivalent code for the target processor. The dynamic recompiler determines what the source operation code is trying to accomplish and the optimum way of doing it at the target processor, in an “interpolative” and context sensitive fashion. The source instructions are processed in blocks of varying sizes by the dynamic recompiler, which considers the instructions that come before and after a current instruction to determine the most efficient approach out of several available approaches for encoding the operation code for the target processor to perform the equivalent tasks specified by the source instructions. The dynamic compiler comprises a decoding stage, an optimization stage and an encoding stage.

Abstract: A method which simulates the operating speed of an emulated target system with a consistent rate of instruction execution on a plurality of host systems with varied and variable instruction execution speeds. An arbitrary “time quantum” is selected as a referent and is multiplied by the target's speed of instruction cycle execution to determine the quantity of instructions the target system executes in the specified time period. When non-native code is executed on the host system, a counter is used to track the number of instructions executed and to interrupt when that target quantity is reached. A processor-activity-independent timing source is queried to determine the time elapsed; that measurement is then compared to the original “time quantum.” The resulting ratio is a timing reference that is independent of the operating speed characteristics of any particular host system.

Abstract: A method for dynamic recompilation of source software instructions for execution by a target processor, which considers not only the specific source instructions, but also the intent and purpose of the instructions, to translate and optimize a set of equivalent code for the target processor. The dynamic recompiler determines what the source operation code is trying to accomplish and the optimum way of doing it at the target processor, in an “interpolative” and context sensitive fashion. The source instructions are processed in blocks of varying sizes by the dynamic recompiler, which considers the instructions that come before and after a current instruction to determine the most efficient approach out of several available approaches for encoding the operation code for the target processor to perform the equivalent tasks specified by the source instructions. The dynamic compiler comprises a decoding stage, an optimization stage and an encoding stage.