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Stezo2k
September 13th, 2004, 18:36
Well it looks like it:


A Silicon Valley startup claims to have cracked one of most elusive goals of the software industry: a near-universal emulator that allows software developed for one platform to run on any other, with almost no performance hit. In demonstrations to press and analysts, the company has shown a graphically demanding game -- a Linux version of Quake III -- running on an Apple PowerBook.

"One of the key breakthroughs is performance," Wiederhold said. "You can't tell the difference between a translated application and a native application."

Source: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64914,00.html
-Shadow-
September 13th, 2004, 19:18
Oh wow ! That are great news !

Well , lets get some haxx0rs going to rip that stuff :D
Trotterwatch
September 13th, 2004, 19:29
Was reading this on Slashdot earlier, most of them seem to think it's fake or wildly exaggerated. Most did agree it was possible to an extent though.
desertboy
September 13th, 2004, 21:38
http://www.transitive.com/index.htm

Binary translation++ this (Or variations of this) has the potential to change the face of hardware forever (If it's true). I'm really not sure don't know enough about programming to be able to tell you but I know if it is true things will probably never be the same again.
Stezo2k
September 14th, 2004, 08:44
yeah, this is being roumoured to be the method the xbox 2 will use to emulate the xbox, but heck we don't know for sure if backwards compatability will be implemented yet
Hexidecimal
September 14th, 2004, 13:26
I heard that the NDS will run gamecube PS2 AND xbox on this technology, but it's just rumor.
jareg
September 14th, 2004, 18:01
I heard that the NDS will run gamecube PS2 AND xbox on this technology, but it's just rumor.

That would be too good to be true :devil:
Hexidecimal
September 14th, 2004, 18:08
Dear god I hope you all realize I was lying.
MurrMurr
September 15th, 2004, 13:24
"..For example, Wiederhold said QuickTransit will allow the next-generation Xbox (which will have a Mac-like PowerPC chip) to run first-generation Xbox software (which was written for an Intel chip)..."

XBox2 has no hard drive. How would it emulate that?
-Shadow-
September 15th, 2004, 13:45
XBox2 has no hard drive. How would it emulate that?

It isn't out , so they can still build that feauture in !
MasterPhW
September 15th, 2004, 14:46
That would be too good to be true :devil:
Yeah... for rom/isos leachers... :P