Leander from Cult of Mac/Wired has a story about a new Silicon Valley startup – wow, been a while since I’ve typed that – that is claiming to have developed a sort of super-emulator that will allow code written for one platform to work seamless on a variety of other platforms. One of Transitive’s (the people who make the QuickTransit software) example uses?
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).
To that I say, “Oh ho ho!” While Transitive claims that 6 companies have already signed on to use the software, all are listed as “PC manufacturers,” which I suppose could include Microsoft, but likely doesn’t. I’m always dubious of emulator tech, especially when they claim to be able to support 80% real-time 3D performance on non-native platforms, but I suppose we’ll have to wait and see.
It is somewhat apropos that Rob Enderle is quoted in the article, though, as he’s sort of like an emulated pundit whose stock commentary can operate equally cross-platform. (Thanks, Xabier!)
Read – Step Toward Universal Computing [Wired]
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Xbox Archives [Gizmodo]
