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JavaScript-Based OpenRISC Emulator Can Run Linux, GCC, Wayland

Posted by timothy on from the layers-within-layers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The jor1k is an interesting open-source toy emulator project to emulate a 32-bit OpenRISC OR1000 processor, 63MB of RAM, ocfb frame-buffer, and ATA-hard drive ... all in JavaScript. Though JavaScript based, there are asm.js optimizations and the performance seems to be quite decent in modern web browsers. The jor1k OpenRISC emulator can do a lot, even handle running the Linux kernel, GCC compiler, ScummVM Monkey Island, and the Wayland/Weston compositor, all from within the web browser."

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  1. Re:The end is nigh by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Students still have too much time on their hands.

    If they're doing all this emulation in JavaScript - they're going to need all that time...

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  2. triple threat by Sneftel · · Score: 4, Funny

    ScummVM

    So it's a virtual machine running on a virtual machine running on a virtual machine. Nice.

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  3. Web applications don't need App Store approval by tepples · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I wonder if this fad of porting everything to JavaScript has something to do with preparing for an imagined day when popular home computing platforms will become as locked down as iOS and the game consoles are today. Web applications run fine, but anything else requires the platform owner's digital signature. And for a long time, getting such a signature from console makers has required establishment of a corporation or LLC, the payment of a substantial entry fee, an additional computer for running the development environment, and a team of developers who have had to move hundreds of miles just to get the required "relevant industry experience" working for a well-known software company.