Optimizing software code
US-2015378757-A1 · Dec 31, 2015 · US
System and method for improving the efficiency of application emulation acceleration
US8943596B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8943596-B2 |
| Application number | US-201313852778-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2013 |
| Priority date | Dec 25, 2012 |
| Publication date | Jan 27, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 2015 |
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An improved emulator for analyzing software code, and associated method. The emulator includes a virtual execution environment in which a series of virtual processing states are represented during emulation of a first portion of the software code, and a hardware accelerator that performs an initialization of the computing hardware to directly execute a second portion of the software code under investigation without emulation thereof in the virtual execution environment. An efficiency assessment module determines a measure of efficiency of performing the executing of the second portion of the software code under investigation without emulation thereof, and an acceleration decision module performs selection of the second portion of the software code under investigation to be directly executed by the hardware accelerator module based on the determined measure of efficiency.
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What is claimed is: 1. In a computer system that includes computing hardware, including at least one processor, and data storage, a method for emulating an object of software code under investigation, the method comprising: executing, by the computing hardware operating under program control, a virtual execution environment in which a first portion of the object of software code under investigation is emulated, wherein a series of virtual processing states are represented during e…
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- What does patent US8943596B2 cover?
- An improved emulator for analyzing software code, and associated method. The emulator includes a virtual execution environment in which a series of virtual processing states are represented during emulation of a first portion of the software code, and a hardware accelerator that performs an initialization of the computing hardware to directly execute a second portion of the software code under …
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Kaspersky Lab Zao
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G06F9/45516. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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- Publication date Tue Jan 27 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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