Abstract: A method (and system) for executing a multiprocessor program written for a target instruction set architecture on a host computing system having a plurality of processors designed to process instructions of a second instruction set architecture, includes representing each portion of the program designed to run on a processor of the target computing system as one or more program threads to be executed on the host computing system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 19, 2009
Date of Patent:
November 30, 2010
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Erik Richter Altman, Ravi Nair, John Kevin O'Brien, Kathryn Mary O'Brien, Peter Howland Oden, Daniel Arthur Prener, Sumedh Wasudeo Sathaye