V86: x86 virtualization in the browser, recompiling x86 to WASM on the fly

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  • v86

    x86 virtualization in your browser, recompiling x86 to wasm on the fly

    > If the title is true, that would be a huge achievement.

    Fundamentally it's "just" a JIT that compiles to WASM. It's a ton of effort to build something like that, but I think fundamentally it's not an impossible undertaking.

    The JIT seems to be living there, so you can probably explore from there: https://github.com/copy/v86/blob/master/src/rust/jit.rs

    WRT speed advantage: compared to what?

  • jor1k

    Online OR1K Emulator running Linux

    If the title is true, that would be a huge achievement. Unfortunately, the page says nothing about how it works and nothing about the speed advantage you get.

    For my emulator jor1k [1] I tried something similar years ago [2]. However I haven't continued on this topic because of priority shifts. But the potential speed advantages are astonishing. My proof of context reached more than 1 billion emulated machine instructions per second.

    [1] https://github.com/s-macke/jor1k

    [2] https://github.com/s-macke/jor1k/wiki/Breaking-the-1-billion...

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  • daedalOS

    Desktop environment in the browser

    This is an awesome project! I've integrated it into my Desktop Environment in the browser so that you can drag on `.iso` & `.img` files and run them directly in the emulator. It also automatically saves states on close into `/Users/Public/Snapshots`. For networking I am using the same WebSocket proxy that v86 uses.

    https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS

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