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More details on QuickTransit emulation technology
Transitive Software's CEO Bob Wiederhold comments on his companies technology, which as reported earlier, promises to allow emulators to run with no noticeable speed problems.
From KIRO, "Wiederholds initial goals are less incendiary, but could bring about big changes in the way companies manage their technology assets. WhatҒs more, the technology could eventually drift down to the consumer level, where it could allow older video games to play on newer versions of game platforms (such as Microsofts Xbox, or Sony Playstation). The initial target market for the product, however, is large computer makers."
"Wiederhold says Quick Transit has been in development for nine years, and that itҒs the first software emulator that works with a broad array of processors with minimal performance degradation. Typically, software emulatorswhen they do workחsuffer performance hits; a cursor arrow struggles to move across the screen, or there's a two-second delay after clicking on a file menu before the dialogue box opens. Analysts who have seen Quick Transit report that it exhibits no such degradation."
"The release has generated some buzz, along with doubts. 'People are excited,' says Wiederhold. 'But theres also quite a bit of skepticism surrounding the announcement. That was expected. We claim to have made a pretty big breakthrough and donҒt think people will believe it until they can see the [shipping version].' Transitive claims it has six companies signed up for the product, but declined to identify them; Wiederhold says the first customer announcement will come 'in the next couple of months.'"
Posted by Al on 09/24 at 01:51 PM
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