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QuickTransit was a cross-platform virtualization program developed by Transitive Corporation . It allowed software compiled for one specific processor and operating system combi...

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QuickTransit was a cross-platform virtualization program developed by Transitive Corporation. It allowed software compiled for one specific processor and operating system combination to be executed on a different processor and/or operating system architecture without source code or binary changes.

QuickTransit was an extension of the Dynamite technology developed by the University of Manchester Parallel Architectures and Languages research group, which now forms part of the university's Advanced Processor Technologies research group.

Silicon Graphics announced QuickTransit's first availability in October 2004 on its Prism visualization systems. These systems, based on Itanium 2 processors and the Linux operating system, used QuickTransit to transparently run application binaries compiled for previous SGI systems based on the MIPS processor and IRIX operating system.

This technology was also licensed by Apple Computer in its transition from PowerPC to Intel (x86) CPUs, starting in 2006.[1] Apple marketed this technology as "Rosetta".

In August 2006, IBM announced a partnership with Transitive to run Linux/x86 binaries on its Power ISA-based Power Systems servers.[2] IBM named this software System p AVE during its beta phase,[3] but it was renamed to PowerVM Lx86 upon release.

In November 2006, Transitive launched QuickTransit for Solaris/SPARC-to-Linux/x86-64, which enabled unmodified Solaris applications compiled for SPARC systems to run on 64-bit x86-based systems running Linux. This was followed in October 2007 by QuickTransit for Solaris/SPARC-to-Linux/Itanium, which enabled Solaris/SPARC applications to run on Itanium systems running Linux. A third product, QuickTransit for Solaris/SPARC-to-Solaris/x86-64, was released in December 2007, enabling Solaris/SPARC applications to run on 64-bit x86 systems running Solaris.

IBM acquired Transitive in June 2009 and merged the company into its Power Systems division.[4] IBM announced in September 2011 it would discontinue marketing for the PowerVM Lx86 product in January 2012, withdrawing it from sale completely in April 2013.[5] Apple removed Rosetta from Mac OS X starting with Mac OS X Lion in 2011.[6]

La mayoría del equipo original trabaja ahora para la BBC , Apple en California y ARM en Manchester.

Referencias

  1. ↑ "Los cerebros detrás de Rosetta de Apple: Transitive" . CNET News.com . Consultado el 2 de octubre de 2007 .
  2. ↑ Stephen Shankland (15 de agosto de 2006). "Acuerdo de IBM para ampliar el software Linux para Power" . CNET . Consultado el 2 de marzo de 2013 .
  3. ↑ Stephen Shankland (24 de abril de 2007). "Los servidores Unix de IBM obtienen aplicaciones Linux x86" . CNET . Consultado el 2 de marzo de 2013 .
  4. ↑ "IBM anuncia planes para adquirir Transitive" . IBM Systems. Archivado del original el 27 de enero de 2009. Consultado el 5 de diciembre de 2012 .
  5. ↑ "Retirada de software y discontinuación del soporte: características seleccionadas del software IBM Power" (PDF) . IBM Systems . Consultado el 16 de julio de 2022 .
  6. ↑ Equipo de AppleInsider (26 de febrero de 2011). "Mac OS X Lion elimina Front Row, el entorno de ejecución de Java y Rosetta" . AppleInsider . AppleInsider, Inc. Archivado del original el 29 de abril de 2014. Consultado el 27 de febrero de 2011 .
  • Sitio web de Transitive Corporation . Archivado del original el 14 de septiembre de 2008. Consultado el 6 de julio de 2005 .
  • Sitio de IBM PowerVM
  • Página web de IBM PowerVM Lx86
  • Página web de Apple Rosetta en la Wayback Machine (archivada el 20 de diciembre de 2010)
  • Grupo de investigación de Tecnologías Avanzadas de Procesadores de la Universidad de Manchester . Archivado del original el 30 de julio de 2012. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2018 .